Frontal view of stapes (A), and view from below (B).
Details
Pronunciation
/ˈsteɪpiːz/
Precursor
second branchial arch
Part of
Middle ear
System
Auditory system
Articulations
Incudostapedial joint
Identifiers
Latin
'stapes'
MeSH
D013199
TA98
A15.3.02.033
TA2
895
FMA
52751
Anatomical terms of bone
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Human ear
Outer ear
Auricle
Ear canal
Middle ear
Tympanic membrane
Ossicles
Malleus
Incus
Stapes
Inner ear
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The stapes or stirrup is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other animals which is involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. This bone is connected to the oval window by its annular ligament, which allows the footplate (or base) to transmit sound energy through the oval window into the inner ear. The stapes is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body, and is so-called because of its resemblance to a stirrup (Latin: Stapes).
The stapes is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body, and is so-called because of its resemblance to a stirrup (Latin: Stapes). The stapes is...
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connects the base of the stapes to the oval window of the inner ear. Calcification and hardening of the annular ligament of the stapes (otosclerosis) is a...
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bone throughout the body, it typically refers to the malleus, incus, and stapes (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) of the middle ear. The ossicles are, in order...
which connects to the incus, which in turn connects to the stapes. Vibrations of the stapes footplate introduce pressure waves in the inner ear. There...
the stapes by pulling on the neck of that bone. : 863 As one of the muscles involved in the acoustic reflex it prevents excess movement of the stapes, helping...
surgical procedure in which the stapes bone is removed from the middle ear and replaced with a prosthesis. If the stapes footplate is fixed in position...
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transmits the vibrations to the small stapes bone. The wide base of the stapes rests on the oval window. As the stapes vibrates, vibrations are transmitted...
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mechanism is fixation of the stapes footplate to the oval window of the cochlea. This greatly impairs movement of the stapes and therefore transmission...
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niche is often much smaller than this. The stapes bone transmits movement to the oval window. As the stapes footplate moves into the oval window, the round...
malleus, to which it is connected laterally, and transmits these to the stapes medially. The incus is named for its resemblance to an anvil (Latin: incus)...
which connects to the stapes. The footplate of the stapes connects to the oval window, the beginning of the inner ear. When the stapes presses on the oval...
and stapes implants. Tympanoplasty implants (also known as PORPs or TORPs) are suitable for patients with a mobile stapes footplate, ie. a stapes footplate...
small, synovial ball-and-socket joint between the incus (anvil) and the stapes (stirrup). The joint's function is to transfer vibrations between the two...
intersection of the middle ear with the inner ear and is directly contacted by the stapes; by the time vibrations reach the oval window, they have been reduced in...
auditory nerve to structures in the brainstem for further processing. The stapes (stirrup) ossicle bone of the middle ear transmits vibrations to the fenestra...
known collectively as the ossicles which include the malleus, incus, and stapes (also known as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup, respectively). They aid in...
evolution, since it has the oldest complete stapes ("stirrup" ossicle) reported in true mammal fossils. The stapes is rectangular, with a large oval-shaped...
the malleus inwards and tightens it while the stapedial muscle pulls the stapes inward. This tightening damps the sound vibration that is allowed to penetrate...
(1) Middle ears (6 bones in total, 3 on each side) Malleus (2) Incus (2) Stapes (2) There are 25 bones in the chest. The chest contains cartilage for the...
repaired and directly connected to the head of the stapes. Type 4 describes a repair when the stapes foot plate is movable, but the crura are missing....
from the eardrum by a chain of three bones, the malleus, the incus and the stapes. Ancestrally, the malleus and the incus are derived from the articular and...
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