...between which they stretch, and the walls of the tympanum, which afford them support. They consist of the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil, and the stapes or stirrup; to which some anatomists have added a fourth bone, under the name of the orbicular, but which is now...

...degrees, its outward plane looking downward. Across .the tympanum there is a chain of three small bones, the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil, and the stapes or stirrup. The malleus is attached by its handle to the membrana tympani, and the stapes, which is at the other extreme...

...behind. In the tympanic cavity is a chain of three small bones, the smallest in the body ; consisting of the malleus, or hammer, the incus, or anvil, and the stapes, or stirrup. These bones are connected by movable joints, and extend from the substance of the drum-head (into which...

...which serve for the conduction of the sonorous undulations through the tympanum to the labyrinth, are the malleus, or hammer ; the incus, or anvil ; and the stapes, or stirrup. Fie. 46. The mciReus may be described as consisting of the head, neck, short process, manubrium or...

...bones, three in number, and very small, are named after objects which they are thought to resemble, the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil, and the stapes or stirrup. A fourth is sometimes described under the name of the lenticular bone. This is a minute rounded bone,...

...cells, behind. Ossicles of Hearing. — In the tympanic cavity of all mammals, are three small bones: the malleus or hammer; the incus or anvil ; and the stapes or stirrup. Anatomists of a latter day have shown that the once so-called os orbiculare, or os Sylvii, does not...

...which serve for the conduction of the sonorous undulations through the tympanum to the labyrinth, are the malleus, or hammer ; the incus, or anvil ; and the stapes, or stirrup. The malleus may be described as consisting of the head, neck, short process, manubrium or handle, and the...

...mucous membrane and filled with air. It is traversed by a chain of small movable bones. These are called the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil, and the stapes or stirrup. The handle of the hammer is imbedded in the membrana tympani. The anvil is not unlike a molar tooth. The stirrup is fitly...

...span _£. the tympanic cavity from the membrana !' tympani to the fenestra ovalis. They are * called the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil and the stapes or stirrup. The malleus is an irregular bone supposed to be mallet shaped. It has a head, neck and short process and...

...most important contents of the drum cavity are the three ossicles or little bones of the ear ; viz., the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil, and the stapes or stirrup, so named from a resemblance to these objects. Though weighing but a few grains, these bonelets have...