Fact

The strongest muscle in your body is in your jaw

By force relative to size, the masseter wins.

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Measured by force exerted for its weight, the masseter – the muscle that closes the jaw – is the strongest, capable of generating bite forces of several hundred newtons on the molars. Other muscles win on other definitions: the gluteus maximus is largest, the heart does the most total work.

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