Body decomposition is a gruesome intricate process. Here's a step-by-step guide to what happens to your body, in 13 steps. ... Rigor mortis sets in. The body becomes stiff with rigor mortis.

Even though the exact cause of heaviness isn’t fully understood, it could be the outcome of rigor mortis. The last process ...

Bate-Smith and Bendall1 reported that rigor mortis in muscle was caused by the irreversible association of actin and myosin as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) became depleted. Conflicting reports ...

“Some of the best chefs in the country,” he says, “have difficulty getting their minds around the idea that fish can be too fresh or that a fish coming out of rigor mortis five or six days ...