THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

KIDNEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dialysis tubing is ____ meaning some substances can pass through while other substances cannot.
A
permeable
B
holey
C
semi-permeable
D
flexible
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dialysis tubing is a semipermeable membrane. It allows small molecules, such as water, to pass through easily, while larger molecules, such as sucrose, are restricted. Movement of molecules across the tubing is due to concentration gradients.

Detailed explanation-2: -The dialysis membrane is one of the critical components that determine dialysis performance. These membranes allow only low-molecular-weight molecules, such as sodium, potassium, urea, and creatinine, to pass through while blocking proteins, such as albumin, and other larger molecules.

Detailed explanation-3: -A selectively permeable membrane allows some types of molecules and ions to pass through, but not others. Starch does not pass through the synthetic selectively permeable membrane because starch molecules are too large to fit through the pores of the dialysis tubing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Molecular Transport Phenomena Similarly, dialysis is the transport of any other molecule through a semipermeable membrane due to its concentration difference. Both osmosis and dialysis are used by the kidneys to cleanse the blood .

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