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The objectives were to assist the medical teachers in providing insights into the perception of body donation among students. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted at Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India during the academic year 2024 and 2025 and comprised of 29 validated questions regarding the comprehensive aspects of body donation. There were 396 first year medical students from the year 2024-25 and 2025-26 admitted batches. Results Most students (94.4%) were aware of the source of cadavers in the dissection hall, which were either donated or unclaimed bodies from the hospital. However, 38.9% of them were unaware of the guidelines for body donation, and 79% were ignorant of the documents required to pledge. However, 84.3% were aware that it was mandatory to sign a pledge form. The time frame to procure the dead body to the department of anatomy of the institution was not known to 79% of the participants, and 93.2% of the participants opined that corpses from other neighboring states could be accepted. Opinions regarding the acceptance of donated bodies afflicted with long COVID were supported by 218 (55.1%), not supported by 47 (11.9%), and neutral by 131 (33.1%) participants in this study. Conclusion The present study observed that, there were specific knowledge gaps encountered among the students, which include timeframe, logistics, and legal issues in procuring the body. 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All suggestions have been taken into and incorporated in the revised version of the manuscript as per your instructions. The title of the manuscript has been revised as per the suggestion. \n<b>The revised title is \u201cAwareness and Perception of concept of body donation among the first-year medical students: A questionnaire-based study\u201d<\/b> &nbsp;The globally acceptable terms and the highlights of the study are included. Abstract was revised with the addition of study location and duration. The inclusion criteria of the batches of the students and the conclusion part of the abstract were revised. The written English of the introduction section was edited. &nbsp;Significance of the study was elaborated, and the abbreviations were given in full form at the first place, when they appear. The objectives were revised as per the suggestion. The inclusion criteria of the batches of medical students are again clarified in the materials and methods section. The study setting is given in detail in this revised version of the manuscript. The study tool was detailed including the validation aspects like Cronbach alpha value. The data analysis section was added. The limitation of the study is added with respect to the results and statistical analysis.","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/15-133\/v4#referee-comment-16241","order":4,"name":"referee-comment-16241","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"10.5256\/f1000research.202037.r495569, Benjamin Arko-Boham, Department of Anatomy, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, 30 Jun 2026, version 4, indexed","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/15-133\/v4#referee-response-495569","order":5,"name":"referee-response-495569","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work","order":6,"name":"grant-information","label":"Grant Information"},{"value":"This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.","order":0,"name":"copyright-info","label":"Copyright"}]}}