stapes
IPA: stˈeɪps
noun
- (anatomy, zootomy) A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
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Examples of "stapes" in Sentences
- It connects the malleus to the stapes.
- If they're using stapes, that's great.
- The other end of the stem contacts the stapes.
- There are two major causes of stapes fixation.
- The second is a congenital malformation of the stapes.
- The stapes now touched the inner side of the quadrate.
- The incus is the bridge between the malleus and stapes.
- The evolution of the stapes was an earlier and distinct event.
- I suggest that there are three stapes in the semantic analysis.
- A prosthesis for replacing a defective stapes of the middle ear.
- Our radiologist located the otosclerosis adjacent to the stapes.
- That’s just so you can see where the stapes is the comparable structures.
- The hearing loss is correctable by surgery in which the stapes bone is replaced by prosthesis.
- THE INTERNAL EAR On the other side of the oval window covered by the stapes is the vestibule referred to on page 248.
- The obvious diagnosis is otoslcerosis which is a condition caused by abnormal bone growth in the middle ear around the stapes bone 3rd ear bone in the middle ear.
- At one point, the lady at the desk next to me goes into a drawer for stapes or something and bangs my butt, ripping out my earphone and effectively disconnecting me from the show.
- The preservation of the skull is so precise that even the middle-ear bone, known as the stapes, remains perfectly intact and in its correct position, a very rare discovery in fossils.
- The incus moves with the malleus and passes on the vibrations to the third bone, which is shaped like a tiny stirrup (with an opening not much larger than the eye of a needle) and therefore called the stapes (sta/peez; "stirrup" L).
- Now, if you can see where the pointer is pointing here on this upper right diagram, this long structure here with a big hole in the middle is called the stapes, and this is an ear bone that connects up to the eardrum in the inner ear, this little funny snail shaped thing, this bone, the stapes, has been in animals ever since they came out on land.