The smallest bone called stapes (or stirrup) found in the human body is located in the:

The correct answer is middle ear.

Key Points

• The human ears help in sensory functions like hearing and maintenance of body balance.
• The human ears can be anatomically divided into three major sections called the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.
• The middle ear contains three ossicles namely malleus, incus, and stapes.
• The malleus, incus, and stapes attached to one another in a chain-like fashion.
• The middle ear is an air-filled chamber.
• The smallest bone called stapes (or stirrup) found in the human body is located in the middle ear.
• Stapes is the smallest bone in the human body.
• The stapes is attached to the oval window of the cochlea.
• The malleus is attached to the tympanic membrane.

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Additional Information

• The eustachian tube is the narrow tube that leads to the pharynx in the middle ear.
  • It helps in equalizing the pressures on either side of the eardrum.
• The outer ear consists of the pinna and external auditory canal.
• Helix is a prominent outer rim of the ear pinna.