While teaching a group of student nurses about post-mortem changes, the nurse states, "This is a purple-red discoloration that appears on the dependent portions of the body after the heart stops." Which post-mortem change does the nurse refer to in the teaching?

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Livor mortis is the purple-red discoloration that appears on the dependent portions of the body after the heart stops. Algor mortis refers to the cooling of the body after death, rigor mortis refers to the stiffening of the muscles, and Tardieu spots refer to small hemorrhages in the skin caused by the settling of the blood.

While Teaching a Group of Student Nurses About Post-Mortem Changes