Tissues that can be donated:

• Heart for Valves – The heart that cannot be transplanted as a whole organ can be donated for the three valves, which can then be transplanted. (Mitral, bicuspid, and tricuspid)
• Eyes / Corneas
• Skin Grafts
• Pericardium – Protective sac surrounding the heart. – Can be used as skin graft or tendon
• Bones – including ribs, femurs (leg bone), tibias (leg bone), fibulas (leg bone), ilium (Hip), and humerus (upper arm bone) – processed into several different viable grafts for multiple bone surgeries including spinal fusions and bone regeneration.
• Fascia – Protective layer between skin and muscle. – Can be used like the pericardium as a skin graft or tendon.
• Tendons – such as the Achilles' tendon – used for tendon repair.
• Saphenous Veins – longest vein of the leg – used as vascular replacement in heart surgeries and vein repair.

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