eli5: if body tissue is soft and elastic what causes rigor mortis to stiffen the body?

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eli5: if body tissue is soft and elastic what causes rigor mortis to stiffen the body?

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Basically to relax your muscles you need a compound called ATP. When we die we no longer produce it so the muscles can’t relax, therefore you become rigid

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