EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -So, the correct answer is ‘Malleus, incus and stapes’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ossicles are, in order from the eardrum to the inner ear (from superficial to deep): the malleus, incus, and stapes, terms that in Latin are translated as “the hammer, anvil, and stirrup".

Detailed explanation-3: -The middle ear consists of the tympanic membrane and the bony ossicles called the malleus, incus, and stapes. These three ossicles connect the tympanic membrane to the inner ear allowing for the transmission of sound waves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Incus. The incus (anvil) is the middle auditory ossicle. It is suspended medial to the malleus and lateral to the stapes and joins these ossicles together with synovial joints. It consists of the: body, short limb, long limb/process, and lenticular process.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct order of the tiny bones in the middle ear moving internally from the tympanic membrane is the mallets, the incus, and then the stapes, which is attached to the oval window.