1. Are there any external resources that can be used by the damaged component?
Answer: Yes
2. Do these external resources directly repair the damaged component?
Answer: No
3. Are any of these external resources manufactured?
Answer: Yes
4. Is the faulty component needed for full functionality?
Answer: No
2) Skin Grafts, same individual
If humans were to get burned they could receive a split thickness skin graft (STSG) as an autograft. The grafted skin from the donor section leaves behind the adnexal remnants so that epidermal cells can proliferate and create the lost tissue in the donor site (Daller). This site will be stitched together by the surgeon and over time epithelial cells will proliferate and replenish the lost tissue. The recipient section has the adnexal remnants and only needs the epidermis and dermis (ÒChapter 2Ó). The surgeon will stitch the STSG into the recipient sections. The endothelial cells from the recipient donor will proliferate and connect the blood vessels from the recipient to the donated graft. Once the
blood vessels are established epithelial cells can start to proliferate and fill in the gaps between the recipient and donor skin pieces.
“Chapter 2.” Plastic Surgery Essentials for Students. 8th ed. Arlington Heights: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2012. 9-15. Plastic Surgery Essentials for Students. American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2012. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.
Daller, John A. “Skin Graft.” Skin Graft: Medline Plus. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1 Jan. 2013. Web. 17 Jan. 2015.
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