Rigor Mortis
Temperature
Stiffness
Approximate Time
of body
of body
Since Death
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Warm
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Warm
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Cold
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Cold
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Not stiff
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Stiff
•
Stiff
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Not stiff
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Not dead more than 3 hrs
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Dead between 3 and 8 hrs
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Dead
8 to 30 hours
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Dead more than 30 hours
The rigidity of skeletal muscles after death.