Question

what do you mean by artificial kidney?

Answer 1

it's just a device which performs function of human kidney

Answer 2

Hello dear friend !

Here is your answer :-

Artificial kidney is a device used to remove nitrogenous waste product from the blood through dialysis.

It contain a number of tubes with a semi permeable lining suspended in a tank filled with air dialysing fluid.


This fluid has the same osmotic pressure as blood, except that it is devoid of nitrogenous waste such as urea.

During the process of dialysis, a person's blood is passed through these tubes.

As the blood passes, the products from the blood move into the dialysing fluid by difusion and the purified blood is pumped back into the person's body.