Preferred Label : lenticular process of incus bone;
Uberon definition : The long ventral process of the incus bone which articulates with the stapes;
Uberon synonym : incus crus longum; lenticular process of incus; processus lenticularis (incus);
Uberon broad term : lenticular process; processus lenticularis;
Uberon Taxon note : the lenticular process may be homologous to the shaft of the stapes and result from
fusion of the former quadrate- stapes articulation. This speculation is consistent
with the observation that artiodactyls have a very short lenticular process (Thewissen
& Hussain (1993)), with perhaps greater length to the corresponding process of the
stapes;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)