States vs Stapes - What's the difference?
states | stapes |
(skeleton) A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.
* 2010 , Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology , 8th edition, page 576
As nouns the difference between states and stapes
is that states is plural of lang=en while stapes is a small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.As a verb states
is third-person singular of state.As a proper noun States
is the United States.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.