Final answer:
An autograft is a type of tissue transplant from one part of the body to another within the same individual and is not prone to rejection because the tissue is recognized as 'self' by the immune system.
Step-by-step explanation:
The type of graft characterized by the transplant of tissues from one part of the body to another within the same individual, which is not prone to immunologic rejection, is known as an autograft. An autograft is when tissues are transplanted from one area on an individual to another area on the same individual, such as a skin graft on a burn patient. Since the tissue comes from the same individual, the risks for rejection are virtually nonexistent because the immune system recognizes the tissue as 'self'.
In contrast, other types of grafts, such as allografts (transplants between genetically distinct individuals within the same species), and xenografts (transplants from an animal to a human), have higher risks of rejection due to immune system recognition of the transplanted tissue as foreign.