| Bone | Function: | Supports framework for body, protects vital organs |
| Donation: | Specific bones removed, replaced with prosthesis in operating room (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | Reconstruction, limb salvage, cancer treatment, spinal and oral surgery | |
| Cornea | Function: | Allows light to enter the eye |
| Donation: | Cornea of eye (thin covering similar to contact lens) is removed and replaced with prosthesis | |
| Transplant Use: | Restores sight to visually impaired | |
| Heart | Function: | Pumps blood throughout the body |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure done in operating room (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | For patients with end stage heart disease | |
| Heart Valves | Function: | Prevent leakage of blood back into heart, allowing it to fill and pump |
| Donation: | Entire heart is removed, valves removed and preserved, two valves recovered | |
| Transplant Use: | Used for heart valve replacement surgery, often in infants and children | |
| Kidney | Function: | Extracts waste from blood, produces important hormones |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | For patients with end-stage kidney failure, eliminates dialysis | |
| Liver | Function: | Regulates energy, makes proteins, removes waste from blood |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | For patients with end-stage liver disease | |
| Lungs | Function: | Provides oxygen to the blood |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | For patients with cystic fibrosis, emphysema, or other end-stage lung disease | |
| Pancreas | Function: | Secretes enzymes for digestion and insulin that regulate blood sugar |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | For diabetic patients with severe insulin dependent diabetes - eliminates need for insulin, reduces risk of losing sight or limbs | |
| Skin | Function: | Protects the body against dehydration, injury, and infection |
| Donation: | Limited amounts of very thin surface skin removed from covered areas (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | Used as temporary covering for burn patients - reduces pain, infection, scarring | |
| Tendons | Function: | Attaches muscles to bones to allow movement |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | Restores movement and mobility in corrective or reconstructive surgeries | |
| Veins | Function: | Supplies body tissue with blood |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | Used in heart bypass operations to restore blood flow | |
| Small intestines | Function: | Where most food products are absorbed |
| Donation: | Surgical procedure (OR) | |
| Transplant Use: | Treat intestinal failure due to disease or trauma | |
