"Ear Ossicles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004429
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.397.247
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| Concept/Terms |
Ear Ossicles- Ear Ossicles
- Ear Ossicle
- Ossicle, Ear
- Ossicles, Ear
- Auditory Ossicles
- Auditory Ossicle
- Ossicle, Auditory
- Ossicles, Auditory
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ear Ossicles" by people in Profiles.
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Conductive Hearing Loss in the Hyp Mouse Model of X-Linked Hypophosphatemia Is Accompanied by Hypomineralization of the Auditory Ossicles. J Bone Miner Res. 2021 12; 36(12):2317-2328.
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Uncovering the secreted signals and transcription factors regulating the development of mammalian middle ear ossicles. Dev Dyn. 2020 12; 249(12):1410-1424.
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Region-specific endodermal signals direct neural crest cells to form the three middle ear ossicles. Development. 2019 01 22; 146(2).
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Ectopic external auditory canal and ossicular formation in the oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Jul; 45(7):1099-102.
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A preliminary investigation of four-dimensional ultrasound for evaluation of middle ear ossicles: an in vitro study. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Sep; 74(9):1028-33.