Medical term:
hammer
malleus
[mal´e-us]the outermost and largest of the three ossicles of the ear; called also hammer. See also color plates.
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mal·le·us
, gen. and pl.mal·le·i
(mal'ē-ŭs, mal'ē-ī), [TA]The largest of the three auditory ossicles, resembling a club rather than a hammer; it is regarded as having a head, below which is the neck, and from this diverge the handle or manubrium, and the slender, anterior process; from the base of the manubrium the short lateral process arises. The manubrium and lateral process are firmly attached to the tympanic membrane, and the head articulates with a saddle-shaped surface on the body of the incus.
Synonym(s): hammer
[L. a hammer]
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hammer
(hăm′ər)n.
Anatomy See malleus.
ham′mer·er n.
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mal·le·us
, pl. mallei (mal'ē-ŭs, -ī) [TA]The largest of the three auditory ossicles, resembling a club rather than a hammer; it is regarded as having a head, below which is the neck, and from this diverge the handle or manubrium, and the slender, anterior process; from the base of the manubrium the short lateral process arises. The manubrium and lateral process are firmly attached to the tympanic membrane, and the head articulates with a saddle-shaped surface on the body of the incus.
Synonym(s): hammer.
Synonym(s): hammer.
[L. a hammer]
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hammer
see MALLEUS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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