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The stapedius muscle gets its name from the bone that it is attached to called the stapes. It means stirrup. It is located in the middle ear.
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Shortest muscle in the human body with the longest name?
stapedius muscle
What is smallest muscle in the human?
the stapedius muscle inside the ear
What is the muscle that is attached to stapes of the ear?
Stapedius
The weakiest muscle in your body?
A small muscle in the ear named Stapedius
Where are they located the smallest and biggest muscle in the body?
the smallest muscle is the stapedius inside the ear . the biggest muscles are the external obliques which run from the middle of the back and around the stomach.
Muscle that is attached to stapes?
The stapedius muscle is attached to the stapes. It is the smallest striated muscle in the human body.
What is the smallest muscle in human body?
The Stapedius. Although the experts don't agree on how many muscles there are in the human body, they do agree that the smallest muscle is the stapedius. Located in the middle ear, the stapedius is a mere 1.27 millimetres long. And what does such a miniscule muscle do? It controls the tiniest bone in the body, the stapes or stirrup bone. The stapes and two other bones conduct sound vibrations through the middle ear. Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapedius
What is the Smallest tendon in the body?
The smallest skeletal muscle in the body is in the ear. It is the stapedius, attached to the smallest bone in the body, the stapes. The stapedius measures 1/20th of an inch (about 1.25 mm). This muscle helps to move the bones in middle ear that form the delicate hearing apparatus, and helps protect our sensitive inner ear.
What is the smallest muscle?
Individual cells could be considered smallest whole functional parts. However if you wish to be pedantic you could include the constituents of those cells all the way down to subatomic particles.
What is the most smallest muscle?
The human body has about 650 muscles-we say "about" because there is some disagreement as to which muscles are separate and that results in different muscle totals. Although the experts don't agree on how many muscles there are in the human body, they do agree that the smallest muscle is the stapedius. Located in the middle ear, the stapedius is a mere 1.27 millimetres long. And what does such a miniscule muscle do? It controls the tiniest bone in the body, the stapes or stirrup bone. The stapes and two other bones conduct sound vibrations through the middle ear.
What is the smallest muscles in a body?
AnswerThough the stapedius is the smallest of all muscles in the body and is located in the middle ear, the styloglossus is the shortest and smallest of all the skeletal muscles.The tensor tympani is the shortest skeletal muscle in the human body. The stapedius is a skeletal muscle.
Is the tongue the longest muscle in the human body?
No. The sartorius muscle is the longest in the human body. The tongue, often quoted as the 'strongest' muscle, actually comprises 16 different muscles.
