When an organism dies,its muscles remain in a contracted state termed rigor mortis for a brief period of time.Contributing most directly to this phenomenon is
A) the inability to synthesize actin and myosin.
B) the absence of an oxygen supply to muscle.
C) the lack of ATP to break cross-bridges between thick and thin filaments.
D) the lack of calcium to bind to troponin.
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