Look up: stapes

1. stapes
   [n] - the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
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2. Stapes
   The final bone in the series of three small bones, or ossicles, of the middle ear. Sometimes called the stirrup.
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3. stapes
   A bone in the middle ear
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4. Stapes
   One of the bones in the cavity of the ear which has a resemblance to a stirrup.
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5. Stapes
   Stapes: A stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear. The stapes transmits sound vibrations from the incus, another little bone in the middle ear, to the oval window adjacent to the inner ear. The stapes is the smallest bone in the body. Pronounced stay-peas. Stapes, a Late Latin word meaning stirrup, ca...
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6. stapes
   one of the chain of 3 movable ossicles in the tympanic cavity which has a resemblance to a stirrup; the innermost of the three ossicles of the ear Category: Medicine
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7. Stapes
   Sta'pes noun [ Late Latin , a stirrup.] (Anat.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear .
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8. stapes
   One of three ossicles of the middle ear. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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9. stapes
   stirrup noun the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
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10. stapes
    (sta´pēz) the innermost of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear. Called also stirrup.
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11. Stapes
    • (n.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
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12. stapes
    (from the article `mammal`) ...form a series of levers that serve mechanically to increase the amplitude of sound waves reaching the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, produced as ... ...muscles. The tympanic membrane bulges inward, unlike the usually outward-bulging membrane of reptiles and birds. The elements in the ossicular ... ...an...
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13. Stapes
    The stapes is the stirrup-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear which is attached through the incudostapedial joint to the incus laterally and to the fenestra ovalis, the "oval window", medially. Stapes means stirrup in Latin. The oval window is adjacent to the vestibule of the inner ear. ...
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14. stapes
    Type: Term Pronunciation: stā′pēz, stā′pē-dēz Definitions: 1. The smallest of the three auditory ossicles; its base, or footpiece, fits into the vestibular (oval) window, whereas its head is articulated with the lenticular process of the long limb of the incus. Synonyms: stirrup
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15. stapes
    Latin = stirrup; adjective - stapedial, stapedius.
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16. stapes
    (sta;pez) The innermost of the auditory ossicles that fits against the oval window of the inner ear; also called the stirrup.
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17. stapes
    (sta;pez) The innermost of the auditory ossicles that fits against the oval window of the inner ear; also called the stirrup.
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