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- 1. Mosquitoes prefer if you are type O.
- 4. Due to its distinctive shape and colour, a common bean is named after this organ.
- 6. This is the largest of all structures to be fully transplanted (cm3).
- 8. Sometimes considered to be funny, but not actually that funny (especially when you bump it).
- 9. When these tissues are diseased, it may not be possible to drive, watch television, read and write.
- 10. The first transplant of this organ took place in 2005. The organ was transplanted from a living donor in Kyoto, Japan. The cells began producing insulin within minutes of the transplant.
- 11. Every year on Valentine's Day this organ is pictured on thousands of greeting cards.
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- 2. Either one or two of these organs may be transplanted.
- 3. This makes up about 15% of your total body weight.
- 5. Transplant of “liquid” tissues (not solid, such as the liver) is done in an effort to replace unhealthy cells with healthy cells.
- 7. It is the body's food processor, storehouse distributor and detoxifying factory.
- 8. Patients with abnormal red blood cell production or specific forms of cancer (such as leukemia) may require a transplant of this tissue.