OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24717

stapes

/ˈsteɪ.piːz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estapedio • estribo
A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus…
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