HSC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Dialysis, Artificial Kidney, Extracellular Fluid
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Contain a nucleus, involved in protection against disease. Fluid found in organisms that is between cells. Plasma and blood components that are filtered out of blood at the bowman"s capsule. Only considered urine upon reaching the collecting duct. The patient"s blood is cleansed by circulation through a dialysis machine which acts as an artificial kidney. Kidney uses a combination of active and passive transport including filtration, diffusion and osmosis, renal dialysis relies of slow, passive diffusion only. Kidney is a living, biological organ found within the body, haemodialysis machine is an artificial piece of technology connected externally to the body. Kidney allows selective secretion and reabsorption according to the changing needs of the body, renal dialysis does not. Renal dialysis is significantly slower than the kidney. Solution that is similar in chemical makeup to the patient"s blood, used in dialyser in the the renal dialysis machine. Cortex - blood is filtered into the nephrons.
