Dialysis
- Created by: Jasmin
- Created on: 11-05-13 17:10
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- Kidney Failure: Dialysis
- Carry out function of kidney artificially
- Persons blood leaves body
- Blood gets thinned to prevent clotting
- Enters dialysis machine
- Blood flows between partially permeable membrance
- Other side of membrane is dialysis fluid
- Fluid contains same conc glucose and mineral ions as the blood therefore no net movemnet of g and min ions out of blood
- Excess salt and urea moves out of body by diffusion along conc grad
- In machine: one side dialysis fluid goes in and other side fluid carrying waste products and urea removed
- Clean blood flows through bubble trap to get rid of air bubbles
- Clean blood returns to vein in arm
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