define mechanism of artificial kidney
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An artificial kidney is a tank filled with dialysing fluid which has the same osmotic pressure as blood. The dirty blood is pumped to the dialyser. It passes through a tube with a semi permeable membrane through which the urea diffuses out to the dialysing fluid. The cleaned blood is pumped to patient's body. Unlike the kidney, glucose, amino acids, salts and water are not reabsorbed during dialysis. This is how an artificial kidney works.
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The artificial kidney contains tubes made of cellophane with a semi-permeable lining. These tubes are suspended in a tank filled with a dialysing solution. This fluid contains water and glucose in concentrations similar to those in blood. ... The purified blood is returned through a vein in the same arm