Several muscles could be called the "largest" in the body, depending on whether you're talking mass or surface area, but the body's smallest muscle has no competition.

The film explores the muscular system of the human body, detailing the roles and functions of the three types of muscles: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscles, which are voluntary and ...

Muscles play a part in every function of the body. The muscular system is made up of over 600 muscles. These include three muscle types: smooth, skeletal, and cardiac.

Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind roadmap of how human skeletal muscle develops, including the formation of muscle stem cells.

Researchers at Duke University have grown the first ever human muscle in a lab that contracts just like naturally grown tissue.

The largest muscle in the human body is the Gluteus Maximus. It is responsible for keeping your posture upright, and is the principal antigravity force working when you walk up stairs.

These exercises force the muscles to contract against resistance, whether it’s bodyweight, free weights or bands. These repeated movements create microscopic tears in the muscle tissue that our body ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs ...

Simone Biles talks about loving her body and what it means to be confident and have a healthy body image.

Sheets of polymer coated with living muscle could be used to test new drugs, repair damaged body parts, or even create crawling, swimming "machines" ...