The malleus or hammer is one of the three bones, also known as ossicles, in the middle ear The other two are the incus (“anvil”), and stapes (“stirrup”). The ossicles are part of the ...

They’re called the malleus, the incus and the stapes, and they sit between the eardrum and the entrance to your inner ear, to the place where the fluid sits. The bones help to channel sound into ...

The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing. It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ...