The procedure for transplanting healthy tissue to an injured site is which term?

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

Answer: (D)

Transplanting healthy tissue to an injured site is a grafting procedure. The term that names the tissue being transplanted to the skin is a skin graft, which is the standard clinical phrase for transferring healthy skin to cover or repair a wound. The other terms describe who supplies the tissue: an autograft uses the patient’s own tissue, an allograft comes from another person, and a xenograft comes from another species. Those classifications refer to donor source, not the actual tissue type being transplanted, which is why skin graft is the best fit for this question.