how many muscles does your face need to use to chew something small like a grape? Is this the same amount as something

Question: how many muscles does your face need to use to chew something small like a grape? Is this the same amount as something larger like a massive slice of pizza?!
- Keywords:
  chew,
  face,
  grape,
  muscle,
  pizza
Asked by ilovepizza to Rachel, Julie on 11 Mar 2013.
- Julie Bland answered on 11 Mar 2013:
  
  Hi Ilovepizza,
  I am sorry but I have got no idea! Hope you find somebody else who knows.

chocolatemint151 commented on 11 Mar 2013:

My estimation would be over 300 muscles. Google it, you can find out that way ilovepizza

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lilly10493 commented on 11 Mar 2013:

I would love to find out,
my estimate would be…..um…um…..a very big number.

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unicorn9 commented on 12 Mar 2013:

I think you would have to use quite a few muscles, even to chew something small like you said ilovepizza.

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cupcakes4u123 commented on 12 Mar 2013:

I think it would be quite a lot but it would be really cool to find out how many exactly or roughly.

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Question: how many muscles does your face need to use to chew something small like a grape? Is this the same amount as something larger like a massive slice of pizza?!