<P> This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy . </P> <P> There are over 600 skeletal muscles within the typical human body . Almost every muscle constitutes one part of a pair of identical bilateral muscles, found on both sides, resulting in approximately 320 pairs of muscles, as presented in this article . Nevertheless, the exact number is difficult to define because different sources group muscles differently, e.g. regarding what is defined as different parts of a single muscle or as several muscles . </P>

What is the total number of muscles in the body