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Descriptor English: Ear Ossicles
Descriptor Spanish: Osículos del Oído
Descriptor osículos del oído
Entry term(s) huesecillos del oído
osículos auditivos
Scope note: Cadena móvil de tres pequeños huesos (MARTILLO, YUNQUE y ESTRIBO) de la CAVIDAD TIMPÁNICA, entre la MEMBRANA TIMPÁNICA y la ventana oval en la pared del OÍDO INTERNO. Las ondas sonoras son convertidas en vibraciones por la membrana timpánica y posteriormente son transmitidas, vía estos osículos, al oído interno.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ossículos da Orelha
Descriptor French: Osselets de l'audition
Entry term(s): Auditory Ossicle
Auditory Ossicles
Ear Ossicle
Ossicle, Auditory
Ossicle, Ear
Ossicles, Auditory
Ossicles, Ear
Tree number(s): A09.246.397.247
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004429
Scope note: A mobile chain of three small bones (INCUS; MALLEUS; STAPES) in the TYMPANIC CAVITY between the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and the oval window on the wall of INNER EAR. Sound waves are converted to vibration by the tympanic membrane then transmitted via these ear ossicles to the inner ear.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Stapes Surgery MeSH
DeCS ID: 4495
Unique ID: D004429
NLM Classification: WV 230
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/11
Ear Ossicles - Preferred
Concept UI M0006943
Scope note A mobile chain of three small bones (INCUS; MALLEUS; STAPES) in the TYMPANIC CAVITY between the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and the oval window on the wall of INNER EAR. Sound waves are converted to vibration by the tympanic membrane then transmitted via these ear ossicles to the inner ear.
Preferred term Ear Ossicles
Entry term(s) Auditory Ossicle
Auditory Ossicles
Ear Ossicle
Ossicle, Auditory
Ossicle, Ear
Ossicles, Auditory
Ossicles, Ear



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