stapedius

[医] 镫骨肌

发音

US /stəˈpi.di.əs/

词形变化

stapedii 复数 stapedii

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    镫骨肌

    医学

词源

Borrowed from New Latin stapedius, clipping of mūsculus stapedius (“stapedial muscle”). Doublet of stapedial.

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