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What is rigor mortis?
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Contraction of the muscles: When someone dies the muscles tighten this happens the muscles contract and become cross linked in the contracted state tightening takes about 12 hours to begin it is temperature dependent and eventually when decomposition occurs the rigor mortis is released in the body is very floppy again.
Answered 3/30/2013
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