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The dialysis membrane is selectively permeable because it doesn't allow all cells to go through it. Think of it as a kidney. When blood is sent to the kidney, the blood cells cannot fit through the dialysis inside the kidney, but the waste and bacteria in the cells do. So, The dialysis membrane is selectively permeable.

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Use of a machine that filters waste from the blood?

A machine used to filter waste from the blood is called a dialysis machine. It works by mimicking the function of the kidneys to remove excess waste, salt, and water from the blood. Dialysis is typically used for individuals with kidney failure to help maintain proper balance of electrolytes and fluid levels in the body.


What type of machine is used to help people with kidney malfunctions?

The dialysis machine is the machine that performs dialysis of the blood. Dialysis removes the waste product from the blood by drawing it through a vein in the forearm called the arterio-venous fistula. The blood is pumped into the machine through plastic tubes and then goes through a series of events that cleanses the blood with a saline solution called dialysate. Once the blood has been cleansed, it is returned to the body.


What Process is used to clean the blood when the kidneys do not function?

Dialysis is used to clean the blood when the kidneys do not function properly. This process involves filtering the blood through a machine to remove waste products and excess fluids. Hemodialysis uses a machine to filter the blood outside the body, while peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of the abdomen to filter the blood.


Using a kidney machine to remove waste products from the blood is known as?

Using a kidney machine to remove waste products from the blood is known as hemodialysis.


What is a artificial kidney machine called?

An artificial kidney machine is called a dialysis machine. It functions to perform the functions of the kidneys when they are unable to do so effectively, such as filtering waste products and excess fluids from the blood.

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Are artificial membranes in a dialysis machine permeable or selectively permeable?

Artificial membranes in a dialysis machine are selectively permeable because it doesn't all cells to go through it. It doesn't allow blood cells to fit through the dialysis but it allows waste and bacteria to pass.


Are the membranes in a dialysis machine premeable or selectively permeable?

The membranes in a dialysis machine are selectively permeable, meaning they allow certain substances to pass through while blocking others. This selectivity allows toxins and waste products to be removed from the blood while retaining essential substances.


What scientific idea is a dialysis machine based on?

is based on diffusion of waste substances through a selective permeable membrane


Why is a dialysis membrane used in a kidney dialysis machine?

A dialysis machine tries to mimic some of the functions of a human kidney. One of the primary jobs of a kidney is to remove urea and certain salts from the blood so they can exit the body in urine. In a dialysis machine, blood from the patient runs through tubes made of a semi-porous membrane. Outside the tubes is a sterile solution made up of water, sugars and other components. Red and white blood cells and other important blood components are too large to fit through the pores in the membranes, but urea and salt flow through membranes into the sterile solution and are removed.


Where is the roller pump in the kidney dialysis machine?

It is located at where the patient's blood is drawn in.


How does the dialysis machine resemble with nephron?

The dialysis machine is time - consuming while the properly funtioning nephron can get work done quickly


What organs does the dialysis michine take place of?

The most common is a kidney dialysis machine.


What role of the kidney does a dialysis machine carry out?

A dialysis machine removes wastes from the body that the kidney usually does. But not as well as the kidney. About 85% of people on dialysis die in three years without a new kidney.


Does the dialysis machine clean the blood of THC's?

No.


Where was the kidney dialysis machine invented?

in england


What role of kidneys does a dialysis machine carry out?

Dialysis is used to filter impurities out of the blood when the kidneys are not working.


When did Kidney Dialysis start?

Willem Kolff Invented the kidney dialysis machine (1944)