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  2. Flap (surgery) - Wikipedia

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    Flap surgery is a technique essential to plastic and reconstructive surgery.A flap is defined as tissue that can be moved to another site and has its own blood supply.This is in comparison to a skin graft which does not have its own blood supply and relies on vascularization from the recipient site. [2]

  3. Leg - Wikipedia

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    A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". [1] The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element capable of changing length and rotating about an omnidirectional "hip" joint.

  4. Her baby girl’s deformed limbs inspired her to provide free ...

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    But Princess can now walk and her dreams are alive again, thanks to an artificial leg that matches the tone of her skin. The prosthesis came from the IREDE Foundation, a Nigerian group that ...

  5. Human skin - Wikipedia

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    The human skin is the outer covering of the body and is the largest organ of the integumentary system. The skin has up to seven layers of ectodermal tissue guarding muscles, bones, ligaments and internal organs. Human skin is similar to most of the other mammals' skin, and it is very similar to pig skin.

  6. Oscar (bionic cat) - Wikipedia

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    Oscar is an all-black cat owned by Kate Allan and Mike Nolan who lives on the Channel Island of Jersey.In 2009 Oscar had both hind paws severed by a combine harvester.Since then he has undergone a pioneering operation to add prosthetic feet.

  7. Therdchai Jivacate - Wikipedia

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    Therdchai Jivacate (Thai: เทอดชัย ชีวะเกตุ, RTGS: Thoetchai Chiwaket, born 1941) is a Thai orthopedic surgeon and inventor known for his humanitarian activities in providing free prosthetic limbs to impoverished amputees, and for his development of techniques allowing low-cost, high-quality prostheses to be made from local materials.

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