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One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear.
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The second or middle bone of the ossicular chain, which is located between the malleus and the stapes.
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L. = an anvil; middle ossicle of middle ear (Vesalius, c. 1550).
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The middle ear ossicl eof mammals, situated between malleus and stapes. Derived from the quadrate bone of more primitive vertebrates.
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the middle of the three bones comprizing the ossicular chain and serves to join the malleus and stapes.
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one of 3 bones of the middle ear (stapes-malleus-incus) converts mechanical vibration into fluid movement within cochlea.( More? Senses Notes)
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The middle ossicle of the ear, that helps to conduct vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the oval window of the inner ear. image
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One of the ossicles in the ear, with anvil shape. See malleus and stapes.
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Latin = anvil, hence the anvil-shaped ossicle of the middle ear.
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The central auditory ossicle, situated between the malleus and the stapes in the middle ear cavity.
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(in´ kus) [L. incus: anvil] • The middle of the three bones that conduct movements of the eardrum to the oval window of the inner ear. (See malleus, stapes.)
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One of the three ossicles of the middle ear. Also called the anvil.
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an anvil–shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear. It connects the malleus to the stapes.
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one of three bones of hearing in the middle ear that help transmit sound waves from the outer ear to the cochlea. Also called the anvil.
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See Anvil.
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INK-us A small bone in the middle ear. 653
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(inc) (anvil): The upper portion of a Cumulonimbus spread out in the shape of an anvil with smooth, fibrous or striated appearance.
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Middle ear bone between the malleus and the stapes, commonly referred to as the "anvil."
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One of the three bones comprising the middle ear of mammals.
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the anvil shaped bone; middle bone of the ossicular chain (the three tiny bones that connect the eardrum and the inner ear)
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The center bone of the series of three small bones, or ossicles, of the middle ear. Sometimes called the anvil.
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One of the three tiny bones of the middle ear which transmit sound from the ear drum to the cochlea.
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One of the three small bones in the middle ear; shaped like an anvil, attached to the malleus and the stapes; helps to amplify the sound coming from the outer ear.
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(Also called anvil, anvil cloud, thunderhead.) A supplementary cloud feature peculiar to cumulonimbus capillatus; the spreading of the upper portion of cumulonimbus when this part takes the form of an anvil with a fibrous or smooth aspect. See cloud classification.
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