DeCS

Descriptor English:

Malleus

Descriptor Spanish:

Martillo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	martillo
Scope note:	El mayor de los huesecillos del oído y el único que está unido a la MEMBRANA TIMPÁNICA. Tiene aspecto de palo de golf, cuya cabeza se articula con el yunque.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Martelo

Descriptor French:

Malléus

Entry term(s):

Marteau

Tree number(s):

A09.246.397.247.524

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008307

Scope note:

The largest of the auditory ossicles, and the one attached to the membrana tympani (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE). Its club-shaped head articulates with the INCUS.

Annotation:

one of the 3 ear ossicles

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

8480

Unique ID:

D008307

NLM Classification:

WV 230

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01