List three changes that take place in the body after death.
What will be an ideal response?
· Pupils dilate.
· Heat is lost gradually.
· Urination, defecation, release of flatus occurs.
· Blood pools in dependent areas.
· Rigor mortis develops in 6 to 8 hours.
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