Rigor mortis i.e, stiffening of body after death results from__________?

Options:

• A. Accunulation of rigid proteins molecules in sarcoplam.
• B. Unavailability of ATP, which is necessary to break the link between actin and myosin.
• C. Decrease in body temperature after death.
• D. Death of tissue due to unavailability of O2.

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B. Unavailability of ATP, which is necessary to break the link between actin and myosin.