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===About Antagonistic Muscles===
: When a [[muscle]] gets shorter it has [[contract]]ed and when a muscle gets longer it has relaxed.
: Most [[muscle]]s come in [[antagonistic]] pairs. This means when one [[contract]]s the other must relax.
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |When a [[muscle]] [[contract]]s it is called the 'agonist' and when it relaxes it is called the 'antagonist'.
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