Recent Examples on the WebTwo bones from the lower jaw migrated to the middle ear and joined the stapes, forming a chain of three bones. David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 The biggest muscle is the gluteus maximus in your buttocks; the smallest is the stapedius, which stabilizes the smallest bone in your body — the stapes bone of the middle ear. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022 Another becomes the incus bone that connects the malleus to the stapes. David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 At first, the stapes was a stout shaft, both conveying groundborne vibrations to the ear and strengthening the skull. David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 Similarly, The Row -- Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's label designing luxuriously elevated stapes -- will show in Paris for the first time since 2016. Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
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Etymology
New Latin staped-, stapes, from Medieval Latin, stirrup, alteration of Late Latin stapia