Rigor mortis affects skeletal muscles a few hours after death, due to
A) a decrease in ATP and increased permeability to calcium.
B) an increase in ATP and decreased permeability to calcium.
C) an increase in ATP.
D) impulses that produce sustained contractions.
A
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