(Anatomy) the stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals. Nontechnical name:stirrup boneCompareincus,malleus [C17: via New Latin from Medieval Latin, perhaps a variant ofstaffa, stapedastirrup, influenced in form by Latinstāreto stand +pēsa ...
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback. By restricting the motion of the stapes, the stapedius may be able to dampen loud sounds coming toward the ear, but that response does not happen quickly enough to prevent acoustic...
Descriptions are given of various uses of stapes homografts in tympanoplasty on ears with missing stapedial arch. The use of homograft stapes-incus assembly, placing the head of the homograft stapes on the patient's own footplate and on top of that an incus, is a method which at long ...
These bones shifted slightly internally to form a middle ear together with a bone called the stapes, which was present in mammalian ancestors. From Nature Police say on March 17 the 36-year-old Alexander threw a mug at his mother in the family home, opening a wound that required three stap...
the stapes presses into a thin membrane of the cochlea known as the oval window. As the stapes presses into the oval window, the fluid inside the cochlea begins to move, which in turn stimulateshair cells, which are auditory receptor cells of the inner ear embedded in the basilar membrane....
14. Results: the results showed that the effusion of the middle ear decrease the amplitude ofstapesfootplate and umbo, weaken the incoming energy of the inner ear, thus leading to hearing loss. 结果:中耳积液导致鼓膜凸和镫骨底板的振幅减少,使得传入内耳的能量减弱,导致听力损失。
What is the phonation process in the larynx and its function? What is the function of the auditory tube (aka Eustachian tube)? What is the function of the vestibule of the ear? Name the auditory ossicles and explain how they function in hearing. ...
译文示例:You went in after him and shot at him underwater, fracturing your stapes. ↔ Lo hai seguito e gli hai sparato sott'acqua, fratturandoti la staffa. stapes noun 语法 (anatomy) A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear. [..] + 添加翻译 英文-意大利文字典 staffa no...
1: Phase difference between stapes and round window during initial acoustic stimulation before any manipulation within the middle ear. 2: Phase difference during electrical stimulation with LP-coupling. 3: Repetition of the acoustic stimulation in an empty middle ear after the first manipulation and ...
"stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear," 1660s, from Modern Latin (1560s), where it is a special use of Medieval Latinstapes"stirrup," itself probably an alteration of Late Latinstapiaand related tostare"to stand" (from PIE root*sta-"to stand, make or be firm"). The Modern Latin ...