comparison of renal dialysis and kidney functions (1 Viewer)

[sonn]

can anyone help me to construct a table comparing the renal dialysis process with the function of the kidney. Have you got any good sites that i could get the information off
thanks

 

[alex04]

These are just the key points in the similarities & differences between Kidneys & renal dialysis

Kidney

• Removes waste from blood
• Natural process
• Continuous removal of wastes
• Rapid process
• Uses passive & active transport
• Uses filteration & reabsorption
• Main filter is glomerulus
• Wastes & some metabolites are removed in filteration
• Internal process
• Urination occurs

Renal Dialysis

• Removes waste from blood
• Artificial process
• Removes wastes only when patient is hooked up to the dialysis machine
• Slow process - depends on passive transport only
• Uses filteration only
• Filter is dialysis tubing
• Wastes & water removed in filteration, metabolites stay in blood
• Usually external
• Some to No urination occurs
• restrictive fluid intake

Other sites

• http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/biology/core/balance/9_2_3/923net.html#net12