The stirrup in the ear is named after its shape, which resembles a stirrup used for horseback riding. The stirrup bone plays a crucial role in transmitting sound vibrations from the outer ear to the inner ear.
The foot section of a saddle (which lends its name to an inner ear bone) is spelled "stirrup".
The stapedius muscle gets its name from the bone that it is attached to called the stapes. It means stirrup. It is located in the middle ear.
Another name for bone formation is ossification.
Another name for your back bone is a spine.
The smallest bone in the body, in the ear is the Stirrup. It looks like a bowl being stirred to some people, hence the name.
Spine is another word for back bone
long bone
calf bone
The stapes or stirrup is the smallest of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear. It rests against the oval window via its foot pad. It measures 3 x 2.5mm in length. Please keep in mind that the stapes is an irregularly shaped bone.
Another name for the medullary cavity of the bone is the marrow cavity.
There doesn't seem to be a classical Latin word for "stirrup." The Medieval term appears variously as stapia, stapisand stapes. The last of these, stapes, is the scientific name for the small stirrup-shaped bone found in the middle ear. (The other two also have Latin names: incus, the anvil, and malleus, the hammer.)