Meanings (ES + gloss)
malleus • martillo
The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.
A fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus…
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