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Malleus: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Malleus

First and lateral auditory ossicle. Handle attaches to tympanic membrane. Head articulates with incus.

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Malleus: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.

Image: OpenStax College · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.

Malleus

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Malleus

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Receives vibration from the tympanic membrane.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. First and lateral auditory ossicle
  2. Handle attaches to tympanic membrane
  3. Head articulates with incus
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

Tap a number to open its reference, zoom in and locate the structure. Numbers stay the same across views. This key follows landmarks visible in the reference images.

Related features & study points (3)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Head
  • Neck
  • Handle (manubrium)
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify malleus and give its main role.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

First and lateral auditory ossicle. Handle attaches to tympanic membrane. Head articulates with incus. Receives vibration from the tympanic membrane.

02Which muscle inserts on its handle?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Tensor tympani, supplied through the nerve to medial pterygoid from V3.

03Trace the ossicular sequence.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Tympanic membrane → malleus → incus → stapes footplate → oval window.

04Point out three important relations and explain their significance.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Head; Neck; Handle (manubrium). Receives vibration from the tympanic membrane. Use the reference plate to locate the region; the relationship map organises the associations and is not drawn to scale.

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