Stapes is an English word with synonyms like stirrup. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stapes meaning
A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
Synonyms of Stapes
Using Stapes
- The main meaning on this page is: A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.
- Useful related words include: stirrup, auditory ossicle.
- In the example corpus, stapes often appears in combinations such as: the stapes.
Context around Stapes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stapes
- In this selection, "stapes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, required, may, either and connects stand out and add context to how "stapes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cases the stapes either is and cockapoo required stapes after the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stapes" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stapes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Carolyn’s cockapoo required stapes after the incident. (8 words)
The malleus articulates to incus which connects to the stapes. (10 words)
The footplate of the stapes connects to the oval window, the beginning of the inner ear. (16 words)
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. (40 words)
When the stapes presses on the oval window, it causes the perilymph, the liquid of the inner ear to move. (20 words)
Dysfunction of the three small bones of the middle ear – malleus, incus, and stapes – may cause conductive hearing loss. (19 words)
Example sentences (6)
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.
Common combinations with stapes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: