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Introduction to organ donation

Organ Donation

This is a process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the recipient).

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You can have living and deceased donations.

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You can donate some organs and tissues whilst you are still alive e.g. kidney or bone marrow.

What can you donate?

Kidneys

Skin

Liver

Cornea

Lungs

Heart valves

Heart

Bone

Pancreas

Veins

Intestines

Tendons

Uterus

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Task 1

Watch the first 30 minutes of the documentary and answer the questions below.

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*WARNING* The documentary does show live operations, blood and organs. DO NOT WATCH UNLESS YOU WANT TO.

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