Malleus
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| Bone: Malleus | ||
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| Left malleus. A. From behind. B. From within. | ||
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| The right membrana tympani with the hammer and the chorda tympani, viewed from within, from behind, and from above. (Malleus visible at center.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #231 1044 | |
| MeSH | A09.246.397.247.524 | |
The malleus or hammer is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the inner surface of the eardrum. The word is Latin, and means 'hammer'.
It transmits the sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus.
The malleus is unique to mammals, and evolved from a lower jaw bone in basal amniotes called the articular, which still forms part of the jaw joint in reptiles.
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