Question

what is the path of a carbon atom from a dead body to a coyotes leg muscle

Answer 1

If the coyote eats the body, it's going to be a pretty short path...

Answer 2

I think the question wants you to discuss the path of a carbon atom through the digestive tract in loose terms until it is transported to the liver. Then it wants you to talk about what happens to individual carbon atoms in glycolysis, the TCA cycle and biosynthesis of amino acids or structural carbohydrate molecules. Or for that matter a storage molecule like glycogen or a lipid...