INCUS

(Lat.), n. f. I2n2k'u3s(u4s). Gen., -cud'is. From incudere, to forge with the hammer. Fr., enclume. Ger., Ambo . Lit., an anvil. 1. The second bone in the chain of o icles of the middle ear. It has a body which resembles the crown of a molar tooth: two proce es the short, which points backward toward the entrance to the mastoid proce , and the long, which, slightly bent in a direction almost parallel with the handle of the malleus, points downward and backward. On the long proce there is the proce us lenticular is, which articulates with the stapes. Its body is connected with the head of the malleus by a movable joint. [F, 32.] [s. 447]