Refer to the Figure Below, and Then Answer the Question

Essay

Refer to the figure below, and then answer the question that follows.

-You have a job as an assistant in a morgue.You are startled (almost to death)when a corpse that recently came in suddenly sits up and remains very stiff.This muscle contraction and stiffness in a dead body is known as rigor mortis.Using your knowledge of the ADP/ATP cycle and its role in muscle contraction,explain why rigor mortis occurs.