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Definition of Stapedius
1. Noun. The smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stapedius
1. the muscle of the middle ear [n STAPEDIUSES or STAPEDII]
Medical Definition of Stapedius
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stapedius
Literary usage of Stapedius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Modern Otology by John Finch Barnhill, Ernest deWolfe Wales (1907)
"Again, if the membrana tympani is destroyed, with both malleus and incus, then
the stapedius muscle draws the foot-plate outward. ..."
2. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"With the tracer or forceps move the bone slightly from side to side, and there
will be seen passing caudo-laterad the tendon of the M. stapedius. ..."
3. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1906)
"The function of the muscles is to lift the base of the stapedius out of the oval
window. A paralysis of the nerve is usually followed by a decrease of ..."
4. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"In some persons the stapedius nerve is innervated through associated movement by
... Opinions are still much divided as to the action of the stapedius. ..."
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