ANATOMY
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SOFT TISSUE
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hand
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spine
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ear
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pinky toe
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Detailed explanation-1: -There are three bones in the middle ear – malleus, stapes, and incus. The stapes are the smallest of the three bones and the smallest in the human body. The size of the stapes is 3mm × 2.5mm. The femur or thigh bone is the largest and heaviest bone in the human body.
Detailed explanation-2: -The stapes bone located in the middle ear is considered the shortest bone in the human body. A horseshoe-shaped bone is responsible for transmitting the sound wave to the brain. It is 2-3 mm or 0.1 inches in length and thus is considered the smallest bone.
Detailed explanation-3: -They are indeed small, measuring 8mm, 5mm and 3mm respectively, but they are beautifully shaped to resemble 19th-century tools: the malleus looking like a hammer, the incus an anvil and the stapes a stirrup.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cell is said to be the smallest part of the body which is alive. Cell is defined as a smallest functional unit of biological activity surrounded by permeable membrane. Cells are capable of self-reproduction and independently carries out all the biological processes. More items