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stapes

stapes The stapes is the smallest and innermost of the three tiny bones in the middle ear.

The stapes is the smallest and innermost of the three tiny bones in the middle ear. It works with the other middle-ear bones to pass sound vibrations from the eardrum into the inner ear.

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