Question

Blood pump
Blood
removed for
dialysis
(i) What is the use of heparin pump in dialysis machine?
(ii) Choose the correct pathway of urine in our body
(a) kidney + ureters → urethra → urinary bladder
(b) kidney → urinary bladder → urethra → ureters
(c) kidney → ureters → urinary bladder → urethra
(d) urinary bladder → kidney → ureters → urethra
iii) What is the main toxic waste that kidneys filter from blood?
(a) Glucose
(b) Amino acids
(c) Water​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Routine hemodialysis requires anticoagulation with heparin to prevent clotting in the extracorporeal circuit. Activated whole blood clotting times are used to measure the level of anticoagulation during dialysis.

2. Option (c) kidney → ureters → urinary bladder → urethra

3. Option (b) Amino acids