Provide a brief definition for each graft:

1. Free skin graft
2. Heterograft
3. Homograft
4. Pedicle graft


1. Free skin graft donor tissue is completely removed from its site before it is applied to the recipient site.
2. Heterograft is a graft of nonhuman material to the donor.
3. Homograft donor skin belongs to another human.
4. Pedicle graft is a type of graft that remains attached to its blood supply.

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