stapedius (English, noun)
expansion: stapedius (plural stapedii)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.
Forms:
form: stapedii
tags: plural