When Coverage for a Defect Cannot Be Achieved Through Skin

Multiple Choice

When coverage for a defect cannot be achieved through skin grafting,plastic surgeons rely on other techniques to replace tissue.After mastectomy,reconstruction with a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap is one of several options for nonsynthetic prosthetic reconstruction.Another descriptive term for the TRAM flap is the:

A) pedicle-based flap.
B) free flap.
C) composite flap.
D) rotated tunneled flap.