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Definition of Stapes

Stapes
Stapes Sta"pes, n. [LL., a stirrup.] (Anat.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.

Meaning of Stapes from wikipedia

- 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...
- overshadowed the Stapes, particularly with the sell-out visit by Red Grange and the Chicago Bears on December 6, 1925. The Giants and Stapes began their New...
- Look up stape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stape is the surname of the following people: John Stape, a fictional character from the soap opera Coronation...
- 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...
- throughout the body, it typically refers specifically to the malleus, incus and stapes ("hammer, anvil, and stirrup") of the middle ear. The auditory ossicles...
- 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...
- John Stape is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, pla**** by actor Graeme Hawley. He made his first on-screen appearance during...
- 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)...
- mechanism is fixation of the stapes footplate to the oval window of the cochlea. This greatly impairs movement of the stapes and therefore transmission...
- 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...