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What is the diff between rigor mortis and tetanus in death process?

April 26, 2017Biology death diff Mathematics mortis process rigor Tetanus

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What is the diff between rigor mortis and tetanus in death process?

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Rigor mortis happens few hours after death. The skeletal muscles remain in a state of contraction because the body cannot provide anymore ATP molecules needed for muscle relaxation. ATP is needed to break the cross bridges formed between thick and thin filaments that make the contraction happens. Rigor mortis subsides after a certain time. As for tetanus, I suppose you are talking about tetanic muscular contractions which occur when a muscle receives 20 to 30 stimuli per second for incomplete tetanus and 35 to 50 stimuli per second for complete tetanus. The muscles remain totally contracted without any relaxation whatsoever. However the muscle will relax when the stimuli cease.Complete tetanus occurs when you are alive. Tetanus also refers to a disease caused by a bacteria entering the body by a puncture wound. One of the symptoms of the disease is severe cramping with continuous tetanic contractions in the muscles of the body.