Landmark · Skeletal system
Handle of malleus
Manubrium mallei
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Malleus
DescriptionUnreviewed
Beneath the head and the neck of the malleus, the bone continues as the handle (or manubrium) of malleus, which connects to the tympanic membrane.
Between the neck and handle of the malleus, lateral and anterior processes emerge from the bone.
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Names
- Latin
- Manubrium mallei
- English
- Handle of malleus
- French
- Manche du marteau
- Spanish
- Manubrio del malleus
- Portuguese
- Cabo do martelo