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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
aproctal bone of priapium 
auditory ossicle bone +  
One of 3 small bones contained within the middle ear space and serve to transmit sounds from the air to the fluid-filled labyrinth. The absence of the auditory ossicles would constitute a moderate-to-severe hearing loss. The term 'ossicles' literally means 'tiny bones' and commonly refers to the auditory ossicles, though the term may refer to any small bone throughout the body. [WP,unvetted].
auditory ossicle cartilage element +  
auditory ossicle pre-cartilage element +  
ctenactinium +  
entotympanic bone +  
facial bone +  
gonial bone 
incus endochondral element +  
malleus endochondral element +  
neurocranium bone +  
os priapium 
palate bone +  
septomaxilla bone +  
stapes endochondral element +  
tympanic ring +  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: auditory bone ;   middle ear ossicle
Broad Synonyms: ossicle
Related Synonyms: auditory ossicle ;   ear bone ;   ear ossicle ;   ear ossicles ;   middle ear bone ;   ossicle of ear ;   ossicle of inner ear ;   ossicular chain
Xrefs: AAO:0011015 ;   EHDAA2:0001183 ;   EHDAA:5697 ;   EMAPA:17824 ;   EV:0100360 ;   FMA:52750 ;   MA:0000254 ;   NCI:C32164 ;   SCTID:181184001 ;   UMLS:C0013450 ;   VHOG:0000461 ;   Wikipedia:Auditory_ossicle ;   XAO:0000214
Definition Sources: https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/91, Wikipedia:Auditory_ossicle

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