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svetoff [14.1K]
2 years ago
14

The muscles of a recently deceased human can remain in a contracted state, termed rigor mortis, for several hours. What prevents

the muscles from relaxing soon after death
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1 answer:
tigry1 [53]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

when the cells can't pump out the calcium out, it concentrates in the muscles forcing muscles to constrict and lastly waste away when the muscle proteins decompose

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