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incus bone

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The incus or anvil is the anvil-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear. It connects the malleus to the stapes. It was first described by Alessandro Achillin of Bologna. The incus transmits sound vibrations from the malleus to the stapes. The incus only exists in mammals, and is derived from a reptilian upper jaw bone, the quadrate bone. Embryologically it is derived from the first pharyngeal arch along with the rest of the bones of mastication, such as the maxilla and mandible. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incus ]

Synonyms: incus, incus bone

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uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000003

According to this theory (Reichert-Gaupp theory), the mammalian stapes is derived from the reptilian columella, the incus from the quadrate and the malleus from the articular (...).[well established][VHOG]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Gray917.png

has broad synonym

quadrate - incus

id

UBERON:0001688

prefLabel

Incus