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    What are the smallest bones in the human body?

    Question #19710. Asked by Ken. (Jun 08 02 9:59 AM)


    mibmob

    		The incus, malleus and stapes in the ear. That's anvil, hammer and stirrup respectively.

    Jun 08 02, 10:02 AM
    Jack Flash

    		The stapes or stirrup bone, one of the three auditory ossicles in the middle ear, is the smallest human bone. It measures from 2.6 to 3.4 millimetres in length and weighs from 2.0 to 4.3 milligrams. Source: The Guinness Book of Records.

    Editor's note: Also see Question #93932.
    What are the three tiny bones of the ear that enables a person to hear?
    http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question93932.html

    Jun 08 02, 10:04 AM

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