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The '''incus''' or '''anvil''' is the [[anvil]]-shaped small [[bone]] or [[ossicles|ossicle]] in the
  
The '''incus''' or '''anvil''' is the [[anvil]]-shaped small [[bone]] or [[ossicles|ossicle]] in the

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Bone: Incus
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Left incus. A. From within. B. From the front.
Gray915
Auditory tube, laid open by a cut in its long axis.
Gray's subject #231 1044
MeSH A09.246.397.247.362


The incus or anvil is the anvil-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear. It connects the malleus to the stapes. It was first described by Alessandro Achillin of Bologna.

The incus only exists in mammals, and is derived from a reptilian upper jaw bone, the quadrate bone.

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Sensory system: Auditory and Vestibular systems (TA A15.3, GA 10.1029)
Outer ear

Pinna (Helix, Antihelix, Tragus, Antitragus, Incisura anterior auris, Earlobe) • Ear canal • Auricular muscles

Eardrum (Umbo, Pars flaccida)

Middle ear

Labyrinthine wall/medial: Oval window · Round window • Secondary tympanic membrane • Prominence of facial canal • Promontory of tympanic cavity

Membranous wall/lateral

Mastoid wall/posterior: Mastoid cells • Aditus to mastoid antrum • Pyramidal eminence

Carotid wall/anterior

Tegmental wall/roof: Epitympanic recess

Jugular wall/floor

Malleus (Neck of malleus, Superior ligament of malleus, Lateral ligament of malleus, Anterior ligament of malleus) · Incus (Superior ligament of incus, Posterior ligament of incus) · Stapes (Anular ligament of stapes)

Stapedius · Tensor tympani

Bony part of pharyngotympanic tube · Cartilage of pharyngotympanic tube (Torus tubarius)


Inner ear/
(membranous labyrinth,
bony labyrinth)


General cochlea

Scala vestibuli • Helicotrema • Scala tympani • Modiolus • Cochlear cupula

Perilymph • Cochlear aqueduct

Reissner's/vestibular membrane • Basilar membrane

Endolymph • Stria vascularis • Spiral ligament

Organ of Corti: Stereocilia • Tectorial membrane • Sulcus spiralis (externus, internus) • Spiral limbus


Static/translations/vestibule/endolymphatic duct: Utricle (Macula) · Saccule (Macula, Endolymphatic sac) · Kinocilium · Otolith • Vestibular aqueduct • Canalis reuniens

Kinetic/rotations: Semicircular canals (Superior, Posterior, Horizontal) • Ampullary cupula • Ampullae (Crista ampullaris)


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