Malleus
"Malleus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The largest of the auditory ossicles, and the one attached to the membrana tympani (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE). Its club-shaped head articulates with the INCUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008307
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.397.247.524
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malleus" by people in Profiles.
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Peacock J, Dirckx J, von Unge M. Intraoperative assessment of ossicular fixation. Hear Res. 2016 10; 340:99-106.
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Propst EJ, Prager JD, Adams JM, Arjmand EM, Willging JP, Samy RN. A preliminary investigation of four-dimensional ultrasound for evaluation of middle ear ossicles: an in vitro study. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Sep; 74(9):1028-33.