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Yes it is located in the middle ear along with the anvil and hammer; stapes, incus, malleus. These are the three bones that transmit sound waves from the ear drum to the cochlear membrane.

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Which part of the ear is commonly known as the anvil?

The middle ear.The middle ear consists of the ossicles that are made up of the hammer,anvil,and stirrup


Why is the stirrup in your ear called the stirrup?

The stirrup in the ear is named after its shape, which resembles a stirrup used for horseback riding. The stirrup bone plays a crucial role in transmitting sound vibrations from the outer ear to the inner ear.


Whats the job of the stirrup?

The stapes or stirrup is the stirrup-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear


What is the smallest bone of a human body?

The 3 ossicles are "little bones" found in the middle ear. They are the smallest bones in the human body, and each one has its own name:tympanic side = malleus or hammermiddle = incus or anviloval window side = stapes or stirrupThe smallest bone is Stirrup


What is located in the middle ear?

the hammer anvil and stirrup bones


Where is the cochlea located in ear?

The cochlea is located in the inner ear, in contact with the latter part of the 3 small bone structures that constitute the middle ear (the stirrup, hammer and anvil.)


The hammer stirrup and anvil transfer vibrationsin from what?

It is the middle ear that the hammer anvil and stirrup transfer vibrations from.


What do a hammer anvil and stirrup have in common?

The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are all tiny bones found in the middle ear. They work together to transmit sound vibrations from the ear drum to the inner ear, where they are converted into nerve impulses that our brain perceives as sound.


What does the stapes or stirrup press against?

The stapes (aka stirrup) is one of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear. It presses up against the oval window to transmit sound vibrations into the fluid environment of the inner ear.


What is a stirrup in your ear?

There are three bones in the middle ear, between the eardrum and the oval window of the inner ear: the malleus, incus, and stapes. These are called the auditory ossicles. The stapes resembles a stirrup.


Where in the body would you find the cochlea and the stirrup?

A person will find the cochlea and the stirrup in the ear. This two body parts are part of the inner ear.


What are the three in the ear?

The most logical assumption are the 3 middle ear bones - the Hammer, Anvil and Stirrup