The ____ are three tiny bones that vibrate in response to sound. 

A. ear ossicles
B. auditory tubes
C. oval windows
D. tympanic membranes
E. semicircular canals


A. ear ossicles
The ear ossicles—the malleus, incus, and stapes—vibrate when the tympanic membrane vibrates, passing the movement on to the oval window.

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