stapes
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noun, plural sta·pes, sta·pe·des [stuh-pee-deez] /stəˈpi diz/. Anatomy.
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.Also called stirrup.Compare incus(def 1), malleus.
Origin of stapes
1660–70; < New Latin stapēs, Medieval Latin: stirrup, perhaps etymologizing alteration of Italian staffa stirrup (< Germanic) by association with Latin stāre to stand, and pēs, stem ped- foot
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Historical Examples of stapes
The stapes forms a close connection with the hammer and the incus.
Form and FunctionE. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The limbs of the stapes are narrow, weak, and abruptly curved.
North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus)Philip H. Krutzsch
Priodon has a lower type of stapes than Dasypus and Tatusia.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
Even then it may be anatomically impossible to see the stapes.
The base of the stapes communicates 723 pressures to the utricle.
stapes
noun plural stapes or stapedes (stæˈpiːdiːz)
Word Origin for stapes
C17: via New Latin from Medieval Latin, perhaps a variant of staffa, stapeda stirrup, influenced in form by Latin stāre to stand + pēs a foot
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stapes
[stā′pēz]
n. pl. stapes
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stapes
[stā′pēz]
Plural stapes stapedes (stā′pĭ-dēz′)
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