The malleus or hammer is one of the three bones, also known as ossicles, in the middle ear The other two are the incus (“anvil”), and stapes (“stirrup”). The ossicles are part of the ...

The smallest bones in the human body (known as the ossicles) transmit sound from the air to the inner ear, where the spiral-shaped cochlea transforms those vibrations into electrical impulses with ...

Conditions that affect the malleus often impact the ability to hear. The malleus or hammer is one of the three bones, also known as ossicles, in the middle ear The other two are the incus (“anvil”), ...

without evidence of bone erosion. This finding led to surgery for middle ear exploration, during which soft tissue was found around intact ossicles. The mass was removed and sent to pathology, who ...

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has identified porcupine inhibition—a strategy that blocks a key ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, rare and bizarre species of carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars. After hatching, the tiny insects live almost their entire lives in the web of a ...

Air pockets have been discovered in the bones of an Alvarezsauridae skeleton for the first time, indicating pneumaticity previously unseen in this dinosaur family. Found in Argentina's Allen ...

But this incredible species, dubbed the “bone collector” and previously unknown to biologists, is real and living in a small section of forest on the Hawai'ian island of O’ahu. For the research team ...

The discovery is an important expansion of recent findings about sound and its effect on the inner ear. Increasing evidence has suggested that stimulating the part of the inner ear associated with ...

When considering a new piercing, I like to think of my ear as a blank canvas just waiting to be transformed into a masterpiece. Over the years, ear piercing has evolved into an art form of its own.