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What is a stapes?

What is a stapes? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.
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This bone deposition leads to fixation of the stapes at the oval window, preventing normal vibration.
A reduced hyomandibula associated with the quadrate in a fish's visceral skull evolved to form the ear ossicle called the stapes, or columella.
Urbantschitsch has provided detailed measurements of the malleus, incus and the stapes.
Mr Bell removed the stapes, and attached to the end of the incus a style of hay about an inch in length.
A perilymph fistula will frequently accompany injuries to the stapes such as subluxation or fracture.
The remainder underwent Type III tympanoplasty with the tympanic membrane placed directly over the stapes suprastructure.

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