Incus Berengario da Carpi in his "Commentaria super anatomia Mundini" (1521). Andreas Vesalius, in his "De humani corporis fabrica", was the first to compare the second element of the ossicles to an anvil, thereby giving it the name "incus". The final part of the long limb was once described as a "fourth ossicle" by Pieter Paaw in 1615. Incus The incus or anvil is a bone in the middle ear. The anvil-shaped small bone is one of three ossicles in the middle ear. The "incus" receives vibrations from the malleus, to which it is connected laterally, and transmits these to the
Anvil (band) the band recorded with Chris Tsangarides, who previously produced their acclaimed 1982 album "Metal on Metal". After failing to find a major label that was willing to distribute the band's new material, the album, titled "This Is Thirteen", was self-released in 2007, and was available exclusively from the band's official website. The band's history has been documented in the documentary film "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" released in 2008. The film has received high praise which has put Anvil back into the public consciousness, propelling them to play several festivals including the Download Festival in 2009 at which they headlined