Describe the relationship between agonists and antagonists

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An agonist, or prime mover, is a muscle that provides most of the force for a given movement. Antagonist muscles usually lie on the opposite side of a joint from its agonist partner. The antagonist tends to slow and oppose the action of the agonist.

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