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Stapes meaning
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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Carolyn’s cockapoo required stapes after the incident.
Dysfunction of the three small bones of the middle ear – malleus, incus, and stapes – may cause conductive hearing loss.
In these cases, the stapes either is also missing or, in the absence of an eardrum, connects to the quadrate bone in the skull, although, it is presumed, it still has some ability to transmit vibrations to the inner ear.
The footplate of the stapes connects to the oval window, the beginning of the inner ear.
The malleus articulates to incus which connects to the stapes.
When the stapes presses on the oval window, it causes the perilymph, the liquid of the inner ear to move.