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A graft of your own skin to repair a wound on your body is a(n):

A. homograft.
B. allograft.
C. xenograft.
D. autograft.
E. heterograft.

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A graft of your own skin to a different part of your body is a type of transplant called an autograft, which minimizes the risk of rejection.

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A graft of your own skin to repair a wound on your body is known as a autograft. This involves transplanting tissues from one area of your body to another area. Since the tissue comes from the same individual, there is no genetic difference, and thus, there is minimal risk of transplant rejection. Other types of grafts include allografts (from another human), xenografts (from an animal), and isografts (between identical twins). Autografts are particularly advantageous because they avoid the immune response that typically leads to rejection, unlike allografts or xenografts, which may be seen as foreign by the recipient's immune system and require the use of immunosuppressive drugs.

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