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Ossicle
Ossicle Os"si*cle, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a
bone.]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum
of the ear.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures
forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the
starfishes.
Meaning of Ossicle from wikipedia
- The
ossicles (also
called auditory ossicles) are
three irregular bones in the
middle ear of
humans and
other mammals, and are
among the
smallest bones...
-
incus (pl.: incudes) or
anvil in the ear is one of
three small bones (
ossicles) in the
middle ear. The
incus receives vibrations from the malleus, to...
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Astropecten and
Goniaster that
immerse themselves in sediment. They are
ossicles composed of
calcite microcrystals found on the
aboral (upper)
surface of...
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Ossicles are
small calcareous elements embedded in the
dermis of the body wall of echinoderms. They form part of the
endoskeleton and
provide rigidity...
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Vibrations that
contact the
tympanic membrane travel through the
three ossicles and into the
inner ear. The oval
window is the
intersection of the middle...
-
function is to
transmit changes in
pressure of
sound from the air to the
ossicles inside the
middle ear, and
thence to the oval
window in the fluid-filled...
- the
cochlea (of the
inner ear). The
mammalian middle ear
contains three ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes),
which transfer the
vibrations of the eardrum...
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ossicles (or
suprasternal ossicles) are
small bones that are
sometimes present at the
upper end of the
chest bone. The
prevalence of
these ossicles is...
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auditory ossicles was an
evolutionary process that
resulted in the
formation of the
mammalian middle ear,
where the
three middle ear
bones or
ossicles, namely...
-
articulating ossicles similar to
those in the stalk. Primitively,
crinoids had only five arms, but in most
modern forms these are
divided into two at
ossicle II...
