A friend of mine asked me today what is the strongest muscle in the body. I answered I don't know. I knew that he's gonna answer me that it's tongue.. Why didn't I answer myself is that the tongue isnt A muscle. It consists of sixteen muscles. How can the tongue be called the strongest muscle in the body? It's more like 16 strongest muscles in the body.

Hope I posted this in the right section - Education.

[edit on 18-7-2008 by Blue10110]

...resisting...dirty...joke... ala "The Office".

But no, I have no answer to your question.

I don't know how strong the tongue is but I do know it's the most powerful muscle as it can get you in more trouble than you can get out of.

Many a slip between the tongue and the lip.

depends on the person I guess.. I know for a fact my mother in law has one heck of a strong tongue, since she uses it so much