Introduction To Cells, Tissues, Organs and
Introduction To Cells, Tissues, Organs and
Sperm Cell
Red Blood Cells
CELLS
Plant cell
The "strongest" human muscle
Since three factors affect muscular strength simultaneously and muscles
never work individually, it is misleading to compare strength in individual
muscles, and state that one is the "strongest".
1. lifting a weight - the jaw muscle is the strongest.
2. If "strength" refers to the force exerted by the muscle itself - the
quadriceps femoris or the gluteus maximus.
3. A shorter muscle will be stronger "pound for pound" (i.e., by weight) than
a longer muscle - during childbirth, the uterus exerts 100 to 400 N (25 to
100 lbf) of downward force with each contraction.
4. The external muscles of the eye are large and strong in relation to the
small size and weight of the eyeball. It is frequently said that they are "the
strongest muscles for the job they have to do" and are sometimes claimed
to be "100 times stronger than they need to be."
The statement that "the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body"
appears frequently in lists of surprising facts, but it is difficult to find any
definition of "strength" that would make this statement true. Note that the
tongue consists of eight muscles, not one.
5. The heart has a claim to being the muscle that performs the largest
quantity of physical work in the course of a lifetime.