Talk:Malleus

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[edit] hammer shape?

The word is Latin, and means 'hammer'.

No argument there.

The malleus is a hammer-shaped small bone or ossicle of the middle ear

Doesn't look like the shape of a hammer to me. The description is wrong IMO. Does the name confuse shape and function? 59.112.56.214 19:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

you are right it dose not look like a small hamer209.193.39.139 (talk) 16:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Nevertheless, the word "malleus" is Latin for 'hammer'. Dieter Simon (talk) 22:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)