Muscles of auditory ossicles
Musculi ossiculorum auditus
- Latin synonym: Musculi ossiculorum auditoriorum; Musculi ossiculorum auditivorum
Definition
The muscles of auditory ossicles serve to modulate the motion of the ossicles.
They include the Stapedius muscle and Tensor tympani muscle.
References
This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org
