Technically....yes.
A group of cells form tissue, a group of tissues form organs, a group of organs form systems, a group of systems comprise the body.
But, if we're going to get technical, the word transfusion is more applicable than the word transplant.
Trans- loosely means from one place to another. I think we agree there.
What exactly does a blood transfusion entail?Someone is blood depleted. They lost a lot recently in a car accident, in major surgery, or have been loosing a lot over a long period of time. Or their blood cells are dying more quickly than it should.
This person needs blood to get oxygen from the lungs to the parts of the body that needs it. This person needs more blood.
In the hospital, their blood is double checked against donated blood to make sure there's a suitable match to prevent allergic-type reactions.
Access is gained to the vein - it's like a very thin straw placed inside the vein.
The blood to be transfused comes in a plastic pack, and some plastic lines are used to connect this to the access (little straw) in the vein.
The blood is allowed to run in.
So, you can see why the suffix -fusion applies here. It's liquid that is being introduced, to mix with what is already there.
Compare this to what a transplant is:A person needs a new organ. (Thats because apart from blood, there is no other tissue you can just replace. It's gotta be at least an organ. Kidney, Liver, Cataract, Bone Marrow...)
It has to be matched for a WHOLE LOT MORE things that you have to match in blood. Very difficult to do.
The person getting the new organ has to be immunosuppressed, their immune system is knocked out so they don't fight the strange new thing.
To perform the transplant, MAJOR SURGERY must be performed. This is not without risk. I won't mention that here - speak to your doctor for specific concerns. Since your immune system is unable to fight, it is so much easier to get infections, even from everyday things that don't cause you to get ill usually.
You're gonna be suppressed for at least two years, and the risk of organ failure is still a valid concern even then.
A solid organ is transplanted. It definitely cannot be transfused.
Blood is transfused. It is fluid. You don't really take it out and put it in somewhere else, yet, technically that's done. But the mechanism of "trasplanting" it, as you are asking about, is different from what the term transplant would suggest.
If you walk around saying you had a blood tissue transplant, you won't be able to pay your health insurance, because that suggests all the complications I [refused to] mentioned above. Those things are described in terms of 5 year survival - people still living 5 years after. With a blood transfusion, the only thing is to make sure you're alright while it's happening and just after. It is unlikely anything would go wrong after that.
Blood is considered to be a connective tissue.
transplant = Transparent Plant = See-through Plant Transplant-to transfer one part of the body (an organ, a tissue, etc.) to another part of your body, or from one person or animal to another person or animal.
Another term for a tissue transplantation is known as a graft. There are two types of grafts in medicine. An autograft is when bone or issue is moved from one area on a person and is moved to another location on their body. The other is allograft which is when the transplant comes from another person to the person recieving the tissue.
tissue typing
A transplant is when an organ or tissue from another persons body is put into yours to replace it.
The root word "transplant" comes from the Latin words "trans," meaning "across" or "beyond," and "plantare," meaning "to plant." This word is used to describe the process of moving something from one place to another, typically referring to the transplantation of an organ or tissue from one person to another.
The classification of this type of tissue transplant is known as autogenic (same person) transplant. Don't know if that answers your question though.
An allotransplant is another word for an allograft, a surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species.
Why is a transplant consisting of fetal tissue less likely to provoke an immune rejection response than tissue from an adult?
yes, there are many religions that prohibit organ and tissue donations, even blood transfusions.
Using organs cloned from the cells of the patient.
Using organs cloned from the cells of the patient.
Autograft - Tissues transplanted from one part of the body to another on the same person. Allograft - Organs transplanted from one body to another. Xenotransplant - tissues or whole organs transplanted from one species to another Immunosuppression - lowering the body's immune response to stop rejection of the transplant. hope this helps =D