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The stapes transmits the sound vibrations from the incus bone to the oval window of the ear.
Do you mean one of the tiny bones found inside your ear? If so, it is one of three small bones which help carry sound into your inner ear. It is the smallest bone in the human body.

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What is immobility of the footplate of the stapes called?

Immobility of the footplate of the stapes is called otosclerosis. It is a condition where abnormal bone growth in the middle ear causes the stapes bone to become fixed or immobile, leading to hearing loss. Treatment options can include surgery to replace the stapes bone or hearing aids.


What does type IV tympanoplasty entail?

Type IV tympanoplasty is used for ossicular destruction, which includes all or part of the stapes arch. It involves placing a graft onto or around a mobile stapes footplate.


What do the Malleus Incus and stapes bones do?

These three bones are part of the middle ear and are responsible for transmitting sound vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear. The malleus (hammer) is connected to the eardrum, the incus (anvil) transmits vibrations from the malleus to the stapes, and the stapes (stirrup) transfers the vibrations to the inner ear.


The bone attached to the proximal side of the oval window is the?

stapes


What job do the stapes do?

I'm guessing that the stapes vibrate against the cochlea. :)


The stapes are more commonly referred to as the?

The stapes or stirrup is the small bone in the middle ear.


Where is the stapes bone?

The stapes (aka stirrup) is the smallest of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear. These "little bones" amplify and transmit sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the oval window. The stapes is in direct contact with the oval window.


Muscle that is attached to stapes?

The stapedius muscle is attached to the stapes. It is the smallest striated muscle in the human body.


Were do you get a sharpie marker from?

STAPES


What are the 3 bone that conduct sound to the inner ear called?

The three bones that transmit sound and are found in the middle ear are called, as a group, the auditory ossicles. The scientific names for the individual bones are the malleus, the incus, and the stapes or stapedius. The common names are the anvil, hammer and stirrup.


What is a small bone in body?

Stapes


What structure is articulated by the auditory ossicles?

There is an articulation or joint between each of the three ossicles, but the final structure is the oval window which would bring the stapes/stirrup ossicle in contact with the cochlea of the inner ear.