Organ Transplant

A suitable donor for a heart should have all the following in common with the recipient except:

• matching blood type

• matching gender

• matching organ tissue

• matching size

A patient who has had heart transplant surgery is permanently more susceptible to germs and viruses because

• they have been through a major surgery

• the new heart is not immune to germs and viruses

• their new medication suppresses their immunity

• their body wants to reject the new heart

Select all the possible transplant incompatibilites

• different blood types

• different ethnicity

• different sizes of organs

• different types of tissues

What is donor ?

• A person who donate his/her organs.
• A person who takes the organ 

What is recipient?

• A person who receives the organs being transplanted.

• A person who donate his/her organs.