Template:Incus Anatomy table
From Embryology
Component | Latin | Description | ||
Body | corpus incudis | somewhat cubical but compressed transversely | anterior surface is a deeply concavo-convex facet | facet articulates with malleus head |
Short Crus | crus breve (short process) | somewhat conical in shape | projects almost horizontally backward | attached to fossa incudis, in lower and back part of epitympanic recess |
Long Crus | crus longum (long process) | descends nearly vertically behind and parallel to manubrium of malleus | bending medialward, ends in a rounded projection, the lenticular process | lenticular process is tipped with cartilage, and articulates with stapes head |