extrastapes

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noun

A cartilaginous structure connecting the stapes to the tympanic membrane in birds and reptiles

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Meanings

noun
  1. A cartilaginous structure connecting the stapes to the tympanic membrane in birds and reptiles

    Abbreviations: ac, anterior crus; dp, dorsal process; htp, hypothetical tympanic process or ossified extrastapes, interpreted here as an artefact due to deformation; pc, posterior crus; qc, quadrate contact area; stf; stapedial foramen; stfp, stapedial footplate.

    2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From extra- + stapes.

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Chicago

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