Question

The artificial kidney operates on the principle of ? (1) active transport (2) dialysis (3) diffusion (4) osmosis

Answer 1

The artificial kidney operates on the principle of (2) dialysis.

The process of dialysis in the medicine world is referred to as the process of removing excess water, solutes and toxins from the blood in the bodies that have lost their ability to perform these functions in the natural way.

Answer 2

Correct answer: 2). Dialysis

Dialysis is a technique to remove the toxic substance from the body and restoring the body fluid to a normal level. It removes all the toxic substance present in the body such as urea, sulfate, creatinine and uric acid. It is done when kidney is not working properly.

The artificial kidney operates on the principle of dialysis, in which a solution is passed through the cellophane which act like a semipermeable membrane.

Dialysis occurs due to the concentration difference in the blood and dialyzing solution, which consists of electrolytes of the blood and glucose.

Dialyser is a device which is used to clean blood and is known as a artificial kidney.