Surgical procedure to transplant healthy tissue by applying it to an injured site is called which?

• A. Autograft
• B. Allograft
• C. Graft
• D. Skin graft

Answer: (D)

Transplanting healthy tissue to a damaged area is called grafting. When the tissue being transplanted is skin, the specific procedure is a skin graft. The terms autograft and allograft identify where the tissue comes from—autograft is tissue taken from the same person, and allograft is tissue from another person—rather than naming the tissue type. Graft is the general term for any transplanted tissue, but the scenario describes skin tissue, making skin graft the most precise choice.