malleus

Function: - the 3 auditory ossicles (incus, malleus, staps) facilitate transmission of sound from the tympanic membrane to the vestibular (oval) window Structure: - the malleus is the largest of 3 auditory ossicles, resembling a club - it has a head & neck from which eminates the handle or manubrium & a thin anterior process - from the base of the manubrium, a short lateral process arises - the manubrium & short lateral process are firmly attached to the tympanic membrane - the head articulates with a saddle-shaped surface on the body of the incus.

Specific

malleolar/mallear prominence manubrium (handle) of malleus stria mallearis (malleolar stria)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995