Incus

Word INCUS
Character 5
Hyphenation ‖In cus
Pronunciations /ˈɪŋ.kəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Incus"

What do we mean by incus?

An anvil-shaped bone between the malleus and the stapes in the mammalian middle ear. noun

A thunderhead. noun

In zoology and anatomy: One of the bones of the inner (middle) ear of a mammal: so named from its fancied resemblance to an anvil. noun

An anvil. noun

One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See Ear. noun

The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera. noun

A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. noun

An accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus. noun

The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes noun

A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.

An accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

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The word "incus" in example sentences

Connected with the malleus is another small bone, called the incus, or anvil, which is connected with another, called the stapes, or stirrup, from its shape. ❋ Thomas Garnett (1784)

The malleus is connected through a tiny joint to the incus, which is attached to the stapes, both of which vibrate in their turn as result of the vibrations of the bone preceding them. ❋ MindyMo (2010)

"The malleus and the incus are the remnants of bones that in our reptilian ancestors were to be found in the jaw, as I explained earlier. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

The peripheral system includes the external ear (auricle and ear canal), the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, the middle ear (three small and connected bones: malleus, incus, and stapes), the oval window boundary, and the inner ear (vestibular system and cochlea). ❋ Michael F. Roizen (2010)

Patrick Spearman, co-chief executive of Envoy, says one patient who had the device removed had his incus successfully reconstructed using bone cement, with hearing slightly diminished compared with prior to the implant. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“The malleus, the incus, and the stapes,” I answered automatically. ❋ Franklin W. Dixon (2008)

If the implant is removed, the incus will need to be reconstructed surgically and the patient may lose some hearing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Your long crus of incus chillax maxilla, buoyant in vignette. ❋ Lemon Hound (2008)

The surgery needed for the Envoy device, in particular, has raised eyebrows among some doctors because it involves removing a portion of the incus, a small bone in the middle ear. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So malleus and the incus, or the hammer and the anvil, are actually the quadrate and the articular that used to be in the jaw joint, and now they are hooked up to the stapes here of the ear. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The reptilian quadrate bone became the mammalian incus, while the articular bone became the malleus. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In mammals, there are three bones in the middle ear, the malleus, incus and stapes also known as the hammer, anvil and stirrup. ❋ Unknown (2006)

[Can you] [hang] on [Thursday]? Yeah incu. ❋ Eporeon (2017)

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