Bones of the Ear Small 289×320 Medium 577×640 Large 923×1024 Download Tiff Original 2164×2400 | (896.5 KB) Description "Across the middle ear a chain of three small bones stretches from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. These bones are called from their shape the malleus (hammer), the incus (anvil), and the stapes (stirrup)." — Ritchie, 1918 Keywords anatomy, auditory, Bone, ear, hear, human, incus, malleus, stapes Galleries Human Appendicular Skeleton Source: John W. Ritchie Primer of Physiology (New York: World Book Company, 1918) 124
