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Stapedius
Meaning
Noun
●
In Muscles & New Latin:
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.
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Rhymes
Tedious
Stapedius
Nervus Intermedius
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