镫骨 (dènggǔ) · stapes, stirrup bone

Measure Word

一块镫骨 kuài

HSK 6

镫骨是人体最小的骨头。

Dènggǔ shì réntǐ zuì xiǎo de gǔtou.

The stapes is the smallest bone in the human body.

HSK 7-9

声音的振动经过锤骨和砧骨，最后由镫骨传到内耳。

Shēngyīn de zhèndòng jīngguò chuígǔ hé zhēngǔ, zuìhòu yóu dènggǔ chuándào nèi'ěr.

Sound vibrations pass through the hammer and the anvil, and the stapes finally carries them into the inner ear.

memory

镫 is a stirrup, as in 马镫, and the bone has just that shape: an arch with a flat footplate. It is about three millimetres long.

镫 dèng

骨 gǔ