What are the ossicles and where in the body are they?!
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Are there alternative names for them?
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They are the smallest bones in the body located in the ear and their purpose is to transmit sound. The anvil , stirrup, and hammer (named so by their shapes). Also known as the malleus, incus, and stapes.
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i know it has to do with bone and the calcium cycle in the body, but it has been a while since human pysiology. there are two cells important to it and one breaks the calcium bond and one creates it. not sure if you have it spelled right either so hope someone else can give you a little more.
Tiny bones in the middle ear—the incus, malleus, and stapes—that convey sound impulses from the eardrum to the inner ear.
The three tiniest bones in the body form the coupling between the vibration of the eardrum and the forces exerted on the oval window of the inner ear.
not sure on alternate name
The word ossicle just means "small bone". The auditory ossicles, which is probably what you mean, are the three small bones (incus, malleus and stapes) in the middle ear. They transmit sound from the outer ear to the labyrinth (inner ear).
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