The malleus is a hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear. It is also known as the “hammer” or “mallet" and is the largest of three small bones in this part of the ear. (Malleus in Latin means ...

the middle ear. The tiny bones inside—the malleus, incus, and stapes (often called the hammer, anvil, and stirrup)—were once ...

Anewly discovered mammal fossil may give clues to how bones in the middle ear evolved from jaw bones, according to a study published in Science yesterday (December 5). The malleus, incus, and ...

These are the smallest three bones in the human body. They’re called the malleus, the incus and the stapes, and they sit between the eardrum and the entrance to your inner ear, to the place ...