What is the biggest muscle in the body?

Answer #1

i would say the muscle in the thigh but i am not sure what that certain muscle is called….(:

Answer #2

I think its ur brain

Answer #3

The gluteus maximus or buttock muscle (i.e. your bum) is the largest.

The thigh is actually composed of several over lapping muscles.

Answer #4

WHATTTTT????

lmfao- I so nearly fell out of the d*mn chair…

Answer #5

the strongest is apparently your tongue, thats what ive heard, but id kinda think it was your heart.. i know you asked for biggest for you could have meant stronger

Answer #6

I know I just thought it wud b funny lol

Answer #7

It was- please give me some warning, this d*mn cheap plastic chair is going to kill me…

Like maybe type ‘JK’ before your lol or lmfao answers.

Answer #8

Lol ok sorry to have almost made u break ur chair :-)

Answer #9

No it is one of the quadriceps (thigh) muscles- the vastus medialis if I remember correctly…

Answer #10

The thigh is composed of 4 muscles.

Answer #11

See drawing…

Answer #12

NO, it’s my stupid habit of leaning back too far in the chair…

I’ve been thinking of getting a helmet, can’t take too much more head trauma…

Answer #13

but if you think about it, your heart beats on average 72 bpm, imagine any other muscle trying to do that much exercise every second of the day, for your whole life? thats 259200 times in an hour, have you ever tried doing that many weights with your quads..

Answer #14

the biggest is the trapezium, it covers most of your back

Answer #15

Upper medial back, big but not the biggest…

Answer #16

Forget “see drawing” does not want to upload…

Answer #17

The biggest muscle in terms of bulk is the gluteus maximus, however the largest in terms of surface area is the latissimus dorsi.

Answer #18

Please go to the head of the class, Danielle…

“the biggest is the trapezium, it covers most of your back” Eileen Hatton…

She never answered back…

Answer #19

I probably have a slight advantage - my degree is in anatomy. And latissimus dorsi happens to be my favourite muscle!

Answer #20

I know your credentials…

When I was at the RVH in Montreal and as an Anesthesia Tech. I did a 12 hour case where a micro-vascular surgeon wrapped the latissimus dorsi around some kids forearm…

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