#smallest bone

[johnhwatsonblogs]

You’re so sweet! Last question before the new year! I need you to settle a debate between me and some friends! One says the smallest bone in the body is in your foot, the other says in the hand, and then I say it’s in your ear. Which one of us is right?

Hello again! Sorry for the late reply, I wanted to look at my medical textbook to double check my answer. You are correct! The smallest bone is actually in the ear! It is called The Stapes and it is in the middle ear. It is actual three millimeters long! Very knowledgeable of you to know that! Perhaps you should be a doctor?

[10fact]

Once there, the sound waves vibrate three bones known as the ossicles, which are made up of the malleus, the incus, and the stapes. The stapes is the smallest bone in the human body.