is it true that there is a small bone in your ear that breaks every time you touch it?

Question

bcuz ive herd that from some friends but i dont kno if its true

Answer 1

no, untrue
You have 3 parts of the ear:
The Outer ear - That is what you see.
The Middle ear - That is in the middle.
The Inner ear - That is where all the fun is.
In here are a couple of things going on. First you have the semicircular canals. These are like a couple of tubes going around vertically and horizontally. This is what keeps you in balance. When you hold your forehead on the end of a baseball bat, and spin around a couple of times, you get dizzy. What you have done is upset the balance of the fluids in the inner ear.
Now, in the middle ear, you have a number of delicate bones. But first of all, working from the outside in, you will find the ear drum. This is just what it looks like. A drumhead. You can poke a hole in it, with a sharp object, like a pin, or even a pencil point. This ain't a good idea to do. You can mess up your hearing that way. The eardrum picks up the sounds your hear from the outside world, and vibrates. Now, come the three little bones. The technical terms, are; malleus, incus, and stapes, or hammer, anvil and stirrup, because it looks like one. The hammer, picks up the vibrations from the ear drum, and beats on the anvil. This in turn vibrates on the stirrup. Then way back in the inner ear is the cochlea. This looks like a sea shell. Inside the cochlea are a bunch of tiny hairs, or nerve endings. As the stirrup vibrates, this sets some fluid in motion which in turn moves those tiny hairs in such a way that the send messages to the brain, and we hear things. Sorry for the long explanation, but that's the way things work. Oh and by the way, you can really mess up your hearing my listening to really really loud music too.

Answer 2

there are three bones in the ear called the hammer, anvil and stirrup for their shapes. they work to transmit sound from the ear drum to the cochlea which then transmits those vibrations to the nerves. These bones are very small and would probably break very easily if you were able to touch them but they are pretty deep in the ear canal so it is unlikely that would happen.

here is a pretty good picture of the whole thing
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/ear/

Answer 3

Pardon?

Answer 4

You sound as if you believe every thing your friends tell you. Now that's loyalty!

Answer 5

No, that's ridiculous. Don't fall for everything people tell you. Think for yourself.

Answer 6

no, in your ear you have cartilage lol. There are no bones in ur ear.

Answer 7

don't believe at all

Answer 8

yeah sure why not

Answer 9

no