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There are 3 bones that make up the ossicles:

>malleus (hammer shaped)
>incus (tooth shaped)
>stapes (stirrup shaped)

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>Ossicles are the smallest bones in the human body

>ALL mammals have ossicles in their middle ear

>The three bones join up to make a chain

>They transmit sounds via vibrations along the bones

>Ossicles are the ONLY bones that don't grow after birth

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Ossicles up close

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There are four parts to the vomer:

>Alae (the wings which is the thickest part)
>perpendicular plate (the long, flat part)
>posterior border (the curved bottom part)
>Nasopalatine grooves (grooves for nerves and vessels)

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>Is located in the skull

>Small, thin and plow shaped

>Separates the nasal cavity

>Vomer is two plates (OR laminae) that fuse together by puberty