Definitions for "Stapes"
The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
The third and smallest bone of the ossicular chain which located between the incus and the oval window.
The innermost of the three middle ear ossicles. A small stirrup-shaped bone derived from the columella of reptiles.
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