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
Cloud ear fungus and "Jelly ear", which are very closely related but distinct species. In Hawaii, it is known as "pepeiao" which means "ear" In Southeast Asia, it is known as bok née in local English (from the Hokkien 木耳 "bo̍k-ní") and is used in the salad "kerabu bok nee". In Indonesia and Malaysia, it is called "jamur kuping", meaning "the ear mushroom", and in the Philippines, the locals call it "tenga ng daga", meaning "rat's ear", due to its appearance. In Chinese cooking, it is often referred to as "Black Treasure". In New Zealand, it is known as "hakeke" by Māori. Fruit