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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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I'm guessing that the stapes vibrate against the cochlea. :)
The stapes or stirrup is the small bone in the middle ear.
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.
The stapedius muscle is attached to the stapes. It is the smallest striated muscle in the human body.
STAPES
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.
Stapes
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.