单词 | anvil bone |
释义 | > as lemmasanvil bone 3. Anatomy and Zoology. The middle bone of the three present in the mammalian middle ear, located between the malleus (mallet) and stapes (stirrup); = incus n. 1. Also anvil bone. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of ear > incus stithy1578 anvil1594 stith1633 incus1669 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 82 Three very small bones, whereof the one is called an anuile [Fr. l'enclume], the other the hammer, because they are made almost of the same fashion. 1683 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Two Disc. Soul of Brutes i. xiv. 72 The other shank of the Anvil is joyned by the Cartilage to a third Bone, called the Stirrop. 1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision iii. 5 When the Perceptive Hammer shall not..Consign Prescribed Blow Unto the Wonted Anvil. 1825 H. Mayo Course Dissections iii. 178 The incus, or anvil bone,..has one long crus directed vertically downwards, and incurvated inwards at its extremity. 1879 H. Calderwood Relations Mind & Brain 71 The head of the hammer rests on the central bone known as the anvil. 1966 Sci. News 3 Dec. 477/2 The three little bones of hearing..are the malleus, or hammer; the incus, or anvil; and the stapes, or stirrup. 2012 Space Daily (Nexis) 14 May The umbo—where the eardrum connects to the hammer or malleus—produced the greatest sound vibration, particularly if the incus or anvil bone first was removed surgically. < as lemmas |
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