Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

stapedius

Synonyms
Definitions

The stapedius muscle arises from the wall of the middle ear and is inserted into the neck of the stapes. Its action is to pull the head of the stapes backward. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID10188

Definition

The stapedius muscle arises from the wall of the middle ear and is inserted into the neck of the stapes. Its action is to pull the head of the stapes backward. [MeSH]

label

RID10188

Preferred_name

stapedius

Preferred_name_German

Musculus stapedius

prefixIRI

RID10188

UMLS_ID

C0038151

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID10185

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