2007-07-11 06:19:43 · 12 answers · asked by sterling 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
'stapes' is smallest bone in body which is one of 3 ear ossicles that help in hearing.
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2007-07-11 07:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The smallest bone in the human body is located in the ear, or rather, in the ear ossicles. These are the three bones that are found in the middle ear, and they are known as the ‘stapes’, or the ‘stirrup’, the ‘incus’ or the ‘anvil’, and the ‘malleus’ or the ‘hammer’.
2007-07-11 13:22:24 · answer #2 · answered by Brandonn 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the tree smallest and lightest bones in the human body are situated in the ear and from outer ear to inner they are the: malleus, incus and the stapes of which the stapes is the smallest and lightest.
all three bones transmit vibrations from sound waves from the outer ear to the inner ear.
2007-07-11 13:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's either the hammer, anvil or stirrup in the inner ear, but I'm blowed if I can remember which is the absolute smallest.
2007-07-11 13:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by RobRoy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stirrup bone is the smallest
2007-07-11 15:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by notifiable scotopia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stirrup bone inside the eardrum
2007-07-11 13:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by SUPERMAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These would be the hammer,anvil and stapes of the middle ear.
2007-07-11 13:27:38 · answer #7 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tympany bone.
2007-07-11 13:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't it one of the ones inside the ear?
2007-07-11 13:21:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
stirrup (stapes)
2007-07-11 13:30:41 · answer #10 · answered by gfulton57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋