Stapes

Word STAPES
Character 6
Hyphenation ‖Sta pes
Pronunciations /ˈsteɪ.piz/

Definitions and meanings of "Stapes"

What do we mean by stapes?

The innermost of the three small bones of the middle ear, shaped somewhat like a stirrup. noun

A bandage for the foot forming figure-of-eight turns around the ankle. noun

In zoology and anatomy, the inmost one of the three auditory ossicles of man and other mammals, situated in the tympanum, or middle ear. noun

The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of ear. noun

A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear. noun

The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea noun

A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.

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The word "stapes" in example sentences

Now, if you can see where the pointer is pointing here on this upper right diagram, this long structure here with a big hole in the middle is called the stapes, and this is an ear bone that connects up to the eardrum in the inner ear, this little funny snail shaped thing, this bone, the stapes, has been in animals ever since they came out on land. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The incus moves with the malleus and passes on the vibrations to the third bone, which is shaped like a tiny stirrup (with an opening not much larger than the eye of a needle) and therefore called the stapes (sta/peez; "stirrup" L). ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

THE INTERNAL EAR On the other side of the oval window covered by the stapes is the vestibule referred to on page 248. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

The preservation of the skull is so precise that even the middle-ear bone, known as the stapes, remains perfectly intact and in its correct position, a very rare discovery in fossils. ❋ PhysOrg Team (2010)

That’s just so you can see where the stapes is the comparable structures. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The hearing loss is correctable by surgery in which the stapes bone is replaced by prosthesis. ❋ M.D. John W. House (2011)

Our radiologist located the otosclerosis adjacent to the stapes. ❋ M.D. John W. House (2011)

The obvious diagnosis is otoslcerosis which is a condition caused by abnormal bone growth in the middle ear around the stapes bone 3rd ear bone in the middle ear. ❋ M.D. John W. House (2011)

At one point, the lady at the desk next to me goes into a drawer for stapes or something and bangs my butt, ripping out my earphone and effectively disconnecting me from the show. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The menu offers po'boys, BLTs and other summertime stapes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The peripheral system includes the external ear (auricle and ear canal), the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, the middle ear (three small and connected bones: malleus, incus, and stapes), the oval window boundary, and the inner ear (vestibular system and cochlea). ❋ Michael F. Roizen (2010)

For me, that's potatoes and onions -- stapes I use in soups, casseroles, and quick mid-week dinners. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Finish the fourth Sharing Knife volume, rest up, get surgery (again!) on my right ear to repair the non-working stapes etc. bones, read and watch a great deal of new material utterly at random, and work up notions for a new Miles book contracted to Baen Books. ❋ Karenmiller (2007)

For me, that's potatoes and onions--stapes I use in soups, casseroles, and quick mid-week dinners. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“The malleus, the incus, and the stapes,” I answered automatically. ❋ Franklin W. Dixon (2008)

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