Which of the following skin graft procedures uses skin from another species?

A) allograft
B) homograft
C) xenograft
D) autograft


C) xenograft
A xenograft, also known as a heterograft, is a skin graft using skin from another
species. An allograft is skin from another person or cadaver. Allografts are also referred to as
homografts. An autograft is skin from a person's own body.

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