What happens to your body after you die?

There's no battling it; each of us will kick the bucket sooner or later. What happens next is a captivating - if startling - normal process.

Without protection strategies like preserving or preservation, your body gradually starts to rot the second your heart quits thumping.

It begins little, down at the cell level. Your cells kick the bucket, then microscopic organisms, creatures, and even the body itself processes your organs and tissues.

Here's the way the total, frightful process plays out:

This article was originally published by Business Insider.