Malleus

The malleus or hammer is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear which connects with the incus and is attached to the inner surface of the eardrum. The word is Latin for hammer.It transmits the sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus.The malleus is unique to mammals, and evolved from a lower jaw bone in basal amniotes called the articular, which still forms part of the jaw joint in reptiles. (From the Wikpedia article Malleus.)

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Recent Publications on Malleus:
Development of the dynamic structure (force lines) of the middle ear ossicles in human foetuses. OBJECTIVES: To study the ontogenic development of the organisation of the...	27th June, 2008	Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, School of Medicine, University	Histol Histopathol. 2008 Sep;23(9):1049-60.
THE FEATHER HOLES ON THE BARN SWALLOW HIRUNDO RUSTICA AND OTHER SMALL PASSERINES ARE PROBABLY CAUSED BY BRUEELIA SPP. LICE. Barn swallows Hirundo rustica often have characteristic feather holes on...	26th June, 2008		J Parasitol. 2008 May 2;:1. DOI Direct Link
Hystology findings' correlation between the ossicular chain in the transoperative and cholesteatomas. Chronic otitis media is hystopathologycaly defined as the presence of...	17th June, 2008	Brazilian Center for Otitis Media.	Rev Bras Otorrinolaringol (Engl Ed). 2007 Nov-Dec;73(6):738-43.
Intratympanic membrane cholesteatoma after tympanoplasty with the underlay technique. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of intratympanic membrane...	6th June, 2008	Department of Otolaryngology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences,	Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 May;134(5):501-2. DOI Direct Link
Topographical anatomy and measurements of selected parameters of the rat temporal bone. On the basis of dissection of 24 bones of 12 black rats a systematic...	4th June, 2008		Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2008 May;67(2):111-9.
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Malleus Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
6554761	Flextensional microphones for implantable hearing devices
6689045	Method and apparatus for improving signal quality in implantable hearing systems
6701291	Automatic speech recognition with psychoacoustically-based feature extraction, using easily-tunable single-shape filters along logarithmic-frequency axis
6705985	Apparatus and method for ossicular fixation of implantable hearing aid actuator
6726719	Attachment mechanism for middle ear prosthesis
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