• Making faces
  Some muscles, such as those in your face, do not move bones. They ...

• A large bite
  Your strongest muscles are the masseters on each side of your mouth. ...

• How much muscle?
  Most people have about 640 muscles in their bodies. Muscles make up ...

• Amazing But True
  The fastest-working muscles are those in your eyelids. They make you ...

• Taking control
  Some muscles, such as those in your heart, work automatically. These ...

• Overworked muscles
  Muscles need oxygen and food for energy from your blood in order to ...

• The inside story
  Muscles are made up of bundles of thread-like fibres. There are over ...

• Tailor made
  The sartorius is your longest muscle. It runs from your pelvis to ...

• Skeleton scaffold
  Without a skeleton, your body would collapse in a heap. Your skeleton ...

• How many bones?
  Most adults have 206 separate bones in their skeletons. A newborn ...