Editing Stapes (section)

===Development===
The ''stapes'' develops from the second [[pharyngeal arch]] during the sixth to eighth week of [[embryo|embryological life]]. The central cavity of the ''stapes'', the ''obturator foramen'', is due to the presence embryologically of the [[stapedial artery]], which usually regresses in humans during normal development.<ref name=CHAPMAN2011>{{cite journal |last=Chapman |first=S. C.|title=Can you hear me now? Understanding vertebrate middle ear development |journal=Frontiers in Bioscience |date=January 1, 2011 |volume=16 |issue=5 |pages=1675–92 |pmid=21196256 |doi=10.2741/3813 |pmc=3065862}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Rodriguez-Vazquez |first=J. F. |title=Development of the stapes and associated structures in human embryos |journal=Journal of Anatomy |date=August 2005 |volume=207 |issue=2 |pages=165–173 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00441.x |pmid=16050903 |pmc=1571512}}</ref>