the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
Examples of 'stapedius' in a sentence
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Exploratory tympanotomy revealed an absent stapedius tendon and lack of connection between the stapes superstructure and footplate.
Hala Kanona, Jagdeep Singh Virk, Gaurav Kumar, Sanjiv Chawda, Sherif Khalil 2015, 'A Rare Stapes Abnormality', Case Reports in Otolaryngologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/387642. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acoustic, stapedial reflex represents a response of the m. stapedius to a sonic excitation of supra speech intensity.
Živić Ljubica, Živić Đorđe 2003, 'Changes of acoustic reflex parameters due to effect of noise', Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvohttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2003/0370-81790310365Z.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)