The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes.
The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes, located in the ear, belongs to a piece of the auditory ossicles, only 4 millimeters in size, weighing only a few milligrams, is the human body’s cartilage tissue, with the help of a microscope to be able to see the stapes has the function of sound conduction; if stapes is damaged or diseased, it will cause sound conduction disorders, and in serious cases, patients will also cause conductive deafness.
Damage to the stapes, the most common disease is acute otitis media, if the treatment is not complete or can not be treated in time, it will cause perforation of the tympanic membrane, so that the anvil stapes joint loss of mobility, resulting in conduction disorders caused by conductive deafness.
Hearing problems, we must go to the regular hospital in time for consultation and treatment, do not do it on your own, so as not to delay the condition.