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How can the cornea be transplanted?

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In the uk when someone dies they have the option to donate their organs including corneas to people who are still alive

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Which part of a donors's eye can be transplanted in other's?

The cornea is the normally transplanted part of the eye.


Can cornea of eye be transplanted?

Yes


Which body tissues can be transplanted?

The cornea of the eyes.


Which part of the eye is transplanted from the donor during eye transplantation?

cornea


Which organ isn't able to be transplanted from a donor to a recipient?

The cornea


Why cornea is transplanted?

because it is the only part that can be transplanted, and once it's broken, it can't heal again. you have to 'replace' it with a new one


Can cornea be transplanted from one person to another?

Corneal transplant or grafting is usually done with a donated cornea from a person who has recently died.


Why cornea can be transplanted without tissue rejection?

It contains few cells and no blood vessels.


What are the two most commonly transplanted organs or tissues?

i think the heart is the most transplanted organ CORNEA & SKIN the most commonly transplated organ is the Penis which technicly is a fish with 6eyes lizzie is a loser!! big time!!


List examples of organs or tissues that can be successfully transplanted?

Heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, small bowel, cornea, skin,limbs and face transplant.


Can you donate your eyes?

The cornea. Interestingly it is avascular and so can generally be transplanted without regard to tissue typing and without immunosupressants.


The two most commonlly transplanted organs or tissues?

== == == == At least 21 different organs -- such as hearts, livers, and kidneys -- been transplanted. I believe in 1954, the first kidney transplant was performed successfully. As for the two most common, that I think would be the kidney again and the cornea in the eye. === ===