Superior ligament of incus

Superior ligament of incus
Details
From	incus
To	malleus
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum incudis superius
TA98	A15.3.02.057
TA2	1642
FMA	60882
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The superior ligament of the incus is a fibrous band that crosses from the body of the incus to the roof of the tympanic cavity just posterior to the superior ligament of the malleus.

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Anatomy of hearing and balance

Outer ear

Auricle
- helix
- antihelix
- tragus
- antitragus
- intertragic notch
- earlobe
Ear canal
Auricular muscles
Eardrum
- umbo
- pars flaccida

Tympanic cavity	Medial structures oval window round window secondary tympanic membrane prominence of facial canal promontory of tympanic cavity Posterior structures mastoid cells aditus to mastoid antrum pyramidal eminence
Ossicles	Malleus superior ligament lateral ligament anterior ligament Incus superior ligament posterior ligament Stapes annular ligament Muscles stapedius tensor tympani
Auditory tube / Eustachian tube	Torus tubarius

Labyrinths

Auditory system

General	Cochlea Vestibular duct Helicotrema Tympanic duct Modiolus Cochlear cupula Perilymphatic space Perilymph Cochlear aqueduct Cells Claudius Boettcher
Cochlear duct / scala media	Reissner's/vestibular membrane Basilar membrane Reticular membrane Endolymph Stria vascularis Spiral ligament Organ of Corti stereocilia tip links Tectorial membrane Sulcus spiralis externus internus Spiral limbus

Vestibular system

Vestibule	Utricle macula Saccule macula Kinocilium Otolith Otolithic membrane Vestibular aqueduct endolymphatic duct endolymphatic sac Ductus reuniens
Semicircular canals	Superior Posterior Horizontal Ampullary cupula Ampullae crista ampullaris

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