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117 - The Body A-Z with Dr. Mike Todorovic

The Curious Clinicians

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Why rigor mortis makes the body stiff

Explanation of sliding filament theory, roles of calcium and ATP after death, and how lack of ATP causes permanent myosin-actin binding.

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