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What happens when muscles relax?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 11/10/2020

Relaxation occurs when stimulation of the nerve stops. Calcium is then pumped back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum breaking the link between actin and myosin. Actin and myosin return to their unbound state causing the muscle to relax.

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