The total number of muscles in the body of man is ..........

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Solution

There are approximately 640 skeletal muscles within a typical human and almost every muscle constitutes one part of a pair of identical bilateral muscles, found on both sides, resulting in approximately 320 pairs of muscles.
So, the correct answer is '640'.

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