Featuring among the remains is a very complete left temporal bone and an auditory ossicle was found inside it: a complete stapes. (sciencedaily.com)
The results suggest that commercially available CT scanners can detect significant anatomic differences in normal human middle ear ossicles, and that these differences can be accurately represented with current 3 - D printing technology. (sciencedaily.com)
Delicate bones in the middle ear, known as ossicles, convey the vibrations of the eardrum to the cochlea, the small, spiral chamber in the inner ear that converts acoustic signals to electrical. (sciencedaily.com)