A patient is brought to the Emergency Department and then admitted inpatient with significant "road burn" wounds from a motorcycle accident. In several stages, the patient receives skin grafts from a compatible donor, another patient in the hospital. This is an example of the use of what type of graft?

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This is an example of an allograft, which involves the transplantation of skin between two genetically non-identical members of the same species. In this case, the skin grafts come from another patient, making it an allograft.

A Patient Is Brought to the Emergency Department and Then