Why does skin graft contraction occur during wound healing?

💡 Explanation

Skin graft contraction happens because myofibroblasts differentiate and exert tension on the newly deposited collagen fibers in the wound bed, leading to shrinkage of the graft. Therefore, the correct answer is myofibroblast contraction; rather than proliferation or elastin production, which don't explain the tensile forces.

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