Incus
From Freepedia
Image:Incus Gray.jpg The incus is the anvil-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear. It connects the malleus to the stapes.
The incus only exists in mammals, and is derived from a reptilian upper jaw bone, the quadrate.
See also
Incus is also an artist owned record label specialising in the dissemination of free-improvised music set up by Derek Bailey and Evan Parker; see Incus (record label).
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calcaneus | capitate | clavicle | coccyx | cuboid | cuneiform | ethmoid | femur | fibula | frontal | hamate | humerus | hyoid | incus | inferior nasal conchae | intermediate phalanges | lacrimal | lunate bone | malleus | mandible | maxilla | metacarpals | metatarsals | nasal | navicular | occipital | ossa coxae | palatine | parietal | patella | pisiform | phalanges (proximal, distal) | radius | rib | sacrum | scaphoid | scapula | sphenoid | stapes | sternum | talus | temporal | tibia | trapezium | trapezoid | triquetral | ulna | vertebrae (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) | vomer | zygomatic | |
