Rigor Mortis Affects Skeletal Muscles a Few Hours After Death

question 25

Multiple Choice

Rigor mortis affects skeletal muscles a few hours after death, due to

• A)an increase in ATP and decreased permeability to calcium.
• B)a decrease in ATP and increased permeability to calcium.
• C)an increase in ATP.
• D)impulses that produce sustained contractions.

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