malleus

bone of the middle ear (handle of malleus 5 mm, head of malleus: 2 mm)
Thing chiral_bone_type Q319636
malleus
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malleus

Summary

malleus is a chiral bone type[1]. malleus draws 379 Wikipedia views per month (chiral_bone_type category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • malleus's instance of is recorded as chiral bone type[3].
  • malleus's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • malleus is a type of auditory ossicle[5].
  • malleus is a type of particular anatomical entity[6].
  • malleus is part of auditory ossicle[7].
  • malleus's Commons category is recorded as Malleus[8].
  • malleus comprises handle of malleus[9].
  • malleus comprises head of malleus[10].
  • malleus comprises neck of malleus[11].
  • malleus comprises lateral process of malleus[12].
  • malleus comprises anterior process of malleus[13].
  • malleus's anatomical location is recorded as tympanic cavity[14].
  • malleus's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[15].
  • malleus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • malleus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • malleus's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C33051[18].
  • malleus's different from is recorded as Hammer[19].
  • malleus's studied by is recorded as audiology[20].
  • malleus's studied by is recorded as otology[21].
  • malleus's studied by is recorded as otolaryngology[22].
  • malleus's connects with is recorded as eardrum[23].
  • malleus's connects with is recorded as incus[24].
  • malleus's connects with is recorded as tensor tympani muscle[25].
  • malleus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chiral bone type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include auditory ossicle[5] and particular anatomical entity[6].

Use and Application

Components include handle of malleus[9], head of malleus[10], neck of malleus[11], lateral process of malleus[12], and anterior process of malleus[13]. malleus is part of auditory ossicle[7].

Why It Matters

malleus draws 379 Wikipedia views per month (chiral_bone_type category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] malleus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] malleus is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Studied by audiology, otology, otolaryngology
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Hearing Health
    Instance of
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