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Article #2823Re: Strongest muscle - the TONGUE?
From: GORDON ALLEN R
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:30
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:30
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hhtra@usho21.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock) writes: > Please excuse this simplistic question.... > My 2nd grader comes home and tell us what she has learned that day. > Yesterday is was: > The strongest muscle in the human body is the TONGUE. > Is that right? > I always thought it was the muscles surrounding the uterus > in females followed by the jaw muscles in both males and females. > Which is it? > Any sources I can consult for a definitive answer? > Thanks. > TRAVIS > hhtra@hou281.chevron.com I think you'll find that the quadriceps are the biggest and the strongest. -- Allen Gordon *If the folly of but one of us was changed to* Research Associate *intelligence, and divided amongst a thousand* gordon@spot.colorado.edu *toads, each would be more intelligent than * *Aristotle *
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Newsgroups: sci.bio Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!boulder!spot.Colorado.EDU!gordon From: gordon@spot.Colorado.EDU (GORDON ALLEN R) Subject: Re: Strongest muscle - the TONGUE? Message-ID: <gordon.728238626@spot.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Nntp-Posting-Host: spot.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder References: <1993Jan26.124037@usho21.hou281.chevron.com> Date: 28 Jan 93 16:30:26 GMT Lines: 33