stapes

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Bones: malleus, incus, stapes.
锤骨，砧骨，镫骨。
Comprising three separate bones, the malleus, the incus and the stapes, this structure is unlike that of any other class of animal: reptiles and amphibians have one bone while fish have none.
中耳骨是由锤骨、砧骨和镫骨这三块独立的骨骼组成，这种结构与其他任何纲目的动物都有所不同：爬行动物与两栖动物都只有单个耳骨，而鱼类则没有。
Two rare cases who suffer stapes-otosclerosis associated with ossified mallei superius ligament were reported.
文中报告二例镫骨耳硬化症同时伴有锤骨韧带骨化病例。

one of three very small bones that carry sound from the eardrum to the inner ear

the stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals (Nontechnical name stirrup bone)&rarrcompare incus , malleus