Stapes vs Stapedius - What's the difference?
stapes | stapedius |
(skeleton) A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.
* 2010 , Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology , 8th edition, page 576
(muscle) The smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes.
As nouns the difference between stapes and stapedius
is that stapes is (skeleton) a small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear while stapedius is (muscle) the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes.stapes
English
(wikipedia stapes)Noun
(en-noun)- The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (mal?e-us; "hammer"); the incus (ing?kus; "anvil"); and the stapes' (sta?p?z; "stirrup"). The "handle" of the malleus is secured to the eardrum, and the base of the ' stapes fits into the oval window.