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During passive breathing the diaphragm moves down for inhalation this pushes the organs of the abdomen down and so pushes the rectus abdominus out, this is why you see your abdomen moving. To assist exhalation the rectus abbominus then contracts pushing the organs back in and so pushing hte diaphrag pack up.

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