A) your ear
B) your foot
C) your hand
D) your nose
2007-04-13 03:22:13 · 13 answers · asked by puppy love 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The stapes or stirrup is the stirrup-shaped small bone or ossicle in the middle ear which attaches the incus to the fenestra ovalis, the "oval window" which is adjacent to the vestibule of the inner ear. It is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body.
The stapes transmits the sound vibrations from the incus to the membrane of the inner ear inside the fenestra ovalis.
In non-mammalian vertebrates, the bone homologous to the stapes is usually called the columella; however, in reptiles, either term may be used.
see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapes
2007-04-13 03:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
The smallest bone in the body is the stirrup bone inside the eardrum. It is less an inch long.
2007-04-13 03:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jeevan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smallest bone found in the human body is the stirrup bone, one of three bones inside your ear.
2007-04-13 03:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by a1222256 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bone Stirrup in the ear.
2007-04-13 04:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by Aksum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three tiny bones in each ear which couple the eardrum to the sensing mechanism: the malleus, the incus, and the stapes. One of these is the smallest.
2007-04-13 03:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The smallest bone is the stirrup bone, in the ear; it is .1 inch long
2007-04-13 03:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by bornonaplatein1988 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The stapes in the middle ear.
2007-04-13 13:47:11 · answer #7 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bone in the ear - can't remember name either anvil,stirrup something like that
2007-04-13 03:25:36 · answer #8 · answered by Redhead 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"A" of the three bones one is the smallest.
2007-04-13 03:27:23 · answer #9 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In your ear Answer is A)
2007-04-13 03:38:12 · answer #10 · answered by physicist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋