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STAPES [2 records]

Record 1 2018-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Ear
Universal entry(ies)
stapes
Latin
A15.3.02.033
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The innermost ossicle of the middle ear, which conducts sound vibrations from the incus to the fenestra vestibuli.

OBS

stapes: term derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A15.3.02.033: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
  • Oreille
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
stapes
Latin
A15.3.02.033
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Osselet le plus interne de l'oreille moyenne, qui transmet les vibrations sonores de l'incus à la fenêtre du vestibule.

OBS

stapès : terme dérivé de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A15.3.02.033 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Most extinct amphibians probably rested their large heads on the ground and detected vibrations in the substrate by bone conduction through the jaw and other structures to the inner ear. This mechanism was improved by incorporating a reduced, stubby hyomandibula into the line of sound transmission. The bone was then an ear ossicle and is assigned a new name, stapes (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Chez les oiseaux (...) [le carré] se retrouve, dans l'oreille, coincé entre deux (...) dérivés des arcs viscéraux: d'une part et en profondeur, l'hyomandibulaire du poisson devenu étrier (...)

Spanish

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