stapedius muscle

The muscle that stabilizes the stapes bone. The stapedius emerges from a pinpoint foramen in the apex of the pyramidal eminence (a hollow, cone-shaped prominence in the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity), and inserts into the neck of the stapes. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the stapedius muscle is

The muscle that stabilizes the stapes bone. The stapedius emerges from a pinpoint foramen in the apex of the pyramidal eminence (a hollow, cone-shaped prominence in the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity), and inserts into the neck of the stapes. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the stapedius muscle is

It sits in the head, within the muscular and sensory systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the stapedius muscle connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of middle ear.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: facial nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as stapedius and musculus stapedius. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001599, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Part of: middle ear.
A kind of: facial muscle and muscle of auditory ossicle.
Attaches to: stapes bone.
Innervated by: facial nerve.
inserts into: stapes bone.

Questions

Where is the stapedius muscle?

What does the stapedius muscle connect to?

Part of: middle ear.

Is the stapedius muscle the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.