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▸ noun: (anatomy) 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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▸ noun: (anatomy) 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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stapes,
tensor tympani,
stapedectomy,
stapedotomy,
extrastapes,
stirrup bone,
stylopharyngeus,
styloid process,
staphyle,
sternalis,
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