This question came up in our pub quiz recently and, since it wasn't possible
to add qualifying statements such as 'relative to size' I took a calculated
guess and answered 'gluteus maximus' . Unfortunately (and not for the first
time in my life) the answer I gave did not concur with what the examiners
required - the preferred response was 'the tongue', so obviously they WERE
looking for 'relative to size' after all.
But .... I had always understood that masseter was the strongest muscle
relative to size (hence the ability of trapeze artists to hold onto each
other using a mouthpiece gripped by their jaw), so what does the team think?
Robert
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