The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer.
[Latin, hammer.]
malleus
Dictionary:
mal·le·us (măl'ē-əs)  |
n., pl., mal·le·i (măl'ē-ī').
The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer.
The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer.
| 5min Related Video: malleus |
| Veterinary Dictionary: malleus |
1. the largest of the three ossicles of the ear; called also hammer.
2. glanders.
| Wikipedia: Malleus |
| Bone: Malleus | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Left malleus. A. From behind. B. From within. | |
 |
|
| The right membrana tympani with the hammer and the chorda tympani, viewed from within, from behind, and from above. (Malleus visible at center.) | |
| Bones and muscles in the tympanic cavity in the middle ear | |
| Latin | Malleus |
| Gray's | subject #231 1044 |
| Precursor | 1st branchial arch[1] |
| MeSH | Malleus |
For other uses, see Malleus (disambiguation).
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 for 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.[2] Embryologically it is derived from the first pharyngeal arch along with the rest of the bones of mastication, such as the maxilla and mandible.
Contents |
Additional images
 Head and neck of a human embryo eighteen weeks old, with Meckel's cartilage and hyoid bone exposed. |
 External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. |
See also
References
- ^ hednk-023 — Embryology at UNC
- ^ Ramachandran, V. S. and Blakeslee, S. (1999) ‘'Phantoms in the Brain’', p. 210
External links
The Anatomy Wiz Malleus
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This musculoskeletal system article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Learn More
 | incudomalleal |
| malleoincudal |
| sphyrectomy |
Help us answer these
 | What is the functiion of the malleus? |
| Where in the body is the malleus? |
| Why is the malleus also known as the hammer? |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Malleus". Read more |
