There are three bones in each human ear. The small ear bones are arranged in series and are known asossicles. Ear bones are the malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil and the stapes, or stirrup. Together they form a short chain that crosses the middle ear and transmits vibrations caused by sound waves from the eardrum membrane to the liquid of the inner ear. As we have a pair of ear, total number of bones are 6