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auditory ossicle

DEFINITIONS OF: auditory ossicle

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n ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear

Types:
hammer, malleus
the ossicle attached to the eardrum
anvil, incus
the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
stapes, stirrup
the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
Type of:
bonelet, ossicle, ossiculum
a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
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