Thursday, July 1, 2010
Rigor Mortis
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Arif Siregar |
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A few hours after death, all muscles of the body into the state of rigor mortis, called contractures, which muscles to contract and become rigid, although there is no action potential. Rigidity is caused by the loss of all ATP, which are required to cause separation of pedestrian bridges from actin filaments during the relaxation process. Muscles fixed in a rigid state to be destroyed muscle proteins, which are usually caused by Autolisis due process enzymes released from lysosomes 15 to 25 hours later, this process is faster at higher temperatures.
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Physiology,
Rigor Mortis
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