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by Mitchy on May 23rd, 2005

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What is the largest muscle in the human body and what is its function?

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  • by ggonnigan on May 27th, 2005

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    The gluteus maximus or buttock muscle is the biggest of the 639 named muscles in the human body.

    Reference Links:

    http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/005genref/faqmuscle.html


    http://home.bitworks.co.nz/trivia/body.htm


    The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting cross-legged. Its name is a derivation of the adjective "sartorial," a reference to what was the traditional cross-legged position of tailors (or "sartors") at work.

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    http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/h-triv.html

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  • by Princess2010 on August 20th, 2010

    Princess2010

    the tongue...surely u know its function

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  • by Amorphous Blob on February 7th, 2009

    Amorphous Blob

    The brain. Not widely used.

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  • by Anonymous on February 7th, 2009

    Anonymous

    gluteus maximus
    extend hip

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  • by Redman on August 22nd, 2009

    Redman

    EYE,TO SEE

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  • by jocole on May 20th, 2009

    jocole

    latissmus dorsi

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  • by dea_ex_machina on February 7th, 2009

    dea_ex_machina

    the gluteus maximus - or as we say in England, the bum.
    Its purpose is to hold your legs on. If you didn't have a bum, your legs would fall off.

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  • by tapish on May 29th, 2010

    tapish

    gluteus maximus

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