Which is the Smallest bone in the human body?

Smallest bone in the human body

The stapes is the smallest bone in the human body. The stapes is the third bone of the three ossicles in the middle ear. It is involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Because of its shape, it is sometimes called the stirrup. Our stapes bone has to vibrate for us to hear well. When it cannot do that, sound cannot travel from your middle ear to your inner ear. That makes it hard for you to hear. It is also the last of the three auditory ossicles. It is connected to the oval window and drives the fluid in the cochlea, producing a travelling wave along the basilar membrane. It is usually not possible to see the stapes as it is the deepest bone in the middle ear space. The stapes connect the incus to the oval window of the inner ear, allowing the mechanical energy of the tympanic membrane to be communicated to the fluid in the inner ear.