Exempel på malleus

• The disk also continues posterior through the petrotympanic fissure and attaches to the malleus of middle ear.

• In later mammal ancestors, the articular and quadrate separated from the jaw joint while the articular developed into the malleus bone of the middle ear.

• The central part of the pars tensa is tented inwards at the level of the tip of malleus and is called the umbo.

• Pressure waves move the tympanic membrane which in turns moves the malleus, the first bone of the middle ear.

• A cone of light can be seen radiating from the tip of the malleus to the periphery in the antero-inferior quadrant.

• He is the first who described the internal and anterior muscles of the malleus and the stapedius, and the complicated figure of the cochlea.

• The manubrium (handle) of the malleus articulates with the tympanic membrane, while the footplate of the stapes articulates with the oval window.

• The head connects to the "neck of malleus", and the bone continues as the "handle of malleus", which connects to the tympanic membrane.

• The eardrum is actually attached to the malleus handle over about a 0.5 cm distance.

• The geniculate ganglion lies approximately 23 mm anterior and medial to the head of the malleus.

• The malleus is connected to the tympanic membrane, and transmits vibrations of the membrane produced by sound waves.

• The malleus has a long process (the manubrium, or handle) that is attached to the mobile portion of the eardrum.

• It lodges the anterior process and anterior ligament of the malleus, and gives passage to the anterior tympanic branch of the internal maxillary artery.

• The petrotympanic fissure leads into the middle ear or tympanic cavity; it lodges the anterior process of the malleus, and transmits the tympanic branch of the internal maxillary artery.