Incus vs Uncus - What's the difference?
incus | uncus |
(skeleton) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
* 2010 , Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology , 8th edition, page 576
(meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
(zoology) A hook or claw.
(anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
(anatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.
As nouns the difference between incus and uncus
is that incus is (skeleton) a small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear while uncus is (zoology) a hook or claw.incus
English
(wikipedia incus)Noun
(incudes)- The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (mal?e-us; "hammer"); the incus (ing?kus; "anvil"); and the stapes (sta?p?z; "stirrup").
