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The stapes or stirrup is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other tetrapods 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 ().
Key facts
- Bone.Latin
- stapes
- Bone.Name
- Stapes
- Bone.Image
- Stapes bone svg hariadhi.svg
- Bone.Caption
- Frontal view of stapes (A), and view from below (B).
- Bone.Precursor
- Second branchial arch
- Bone.PartOf
- Middle ear
- Bone.System
- Auditory system
- Bone.Articulations
- Incudostapedial joint
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Research
7,506 papers- A Biochemical Analysis of the Stapes.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019
- Developmental Disruptions of the Human Stapes.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2022
- Easy Stapes Subluxation in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Clinical Capsule and Literature Review.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2019
- Is there a "best" stapes prosthesis?The Laryngoscope · 2012
- Isolated congenital stapes suprastructure fixation.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 1999
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Wikidata facts
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- Stapes
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C33612
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- Variation
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- Clinical relevance
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The stapes or stirrup is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other tetrapods 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 ().
==Structure==