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What is the name of the smallest bone in the skeletal system? Where in the body is this bone found?


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Stapes:

  1. The stapes is the living skeleton's smallest bone.
  2. It is connected to the oval window and tries to push the mucus in the cochlea, resulting in a traveling wave passing down the basilar membrane.

Position of stapes in the human body:

  1. The stapes is held in place by an annular ligament and rests on the oval window.
  2. The annular ligament is a powerful fibro-osseous spherical tissue that attaches to the anterior and posterior circular notch of the ulna.

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