Question

Give names of ear ossicles.

Answer 1

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● Answer -

Ossicles of middle ear are - malleus, incus and stapes.

● Auditory ossicles -

• Middle ear consists of three small bones called ossicles - malleus, incus and stapes.
• They are joined together in chain which helps in amplification of sound.
• Malleus is attached to eardrum, incus articulates with stapes, footplate of stapes is at oval window.
• They transmit sound from air to cochlea.

[Refer to the image for well labelled diagram of ossicles.]

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Answer 2

Ear ossicles:

• Ear ossicles are smallest bones of a human body.
• In each ear, there are three ear ossicles present in segment of middle ear, a total which makes six.
• Names of these ear ossicles are "malleus, incus, and stapes".
• Malleus is largest of all ear ossicles and is attached to "tympanic membrane" on one side and with incus on other side.
• Incus is situated between malleus and stapes and joins with both.
• Stapes is the smallest of all ear ossicles and connects incus with the oval window.