stapedius

Etymology
Borrowed from,. .

Noun

 * 1)  A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鐙骨肌
 * Finnish: jalustinlihas
 * Italian: stapedio, muscolo stapedio
 * Japanese: 鐙骨筋
 * Spanish: músculo del estribo

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  stirrup
 * 2)  stapedial