Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stirrup-shaped: as, the stapedial bone of the ear.
- Pertaining to the stapes or its representative, whatever its form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the stapes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
stapes
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Examples
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Based on stapedial morphology, Feduccia (1977) argued that the Shoebill really is a stork.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The stapes first appears as a ring (annulus stapedius) encircling a small vessel, the stapedial artery, which subsequently undergoes atrophy; it is ossified from a single center which appears in its base.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. The Organ of Hearing 1918
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On the obliteration of the stapedial artery this anastomosis enlarges and forms the internal maxillary artery, and the branches of the stapedial artery are now branches of this vessel.
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The common stem of the infraorbital and mandibular branches passes between the two roots of the auriculotemporal nerve and becomes the middle meningeal artery; the original supraorbital branch of the stapedial is represented by the orbital twigs of the middle meningeal.
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The first and second arches disappear early, but the dorsal end of the second gives origin to the stapedial artery (Fig. 474), a vessel which atrophies in man but persists in some mammals.
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