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प्रश्न
What is meant by dialysis? What type of patients are put on dialysis?
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उत्तर
Dialysis is the process of removing waste substances like urea from the blood, using a kidney machine. The patients who are most likely suffering from a severe ailment of excretory system are put on dialysis.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the term haemodialysis.
The nephrons discharge their urine at ______.
the Biological/technical term Pigment providing colour to urine.
Define excretion.
A dialysis machine contains long tubes coiled in a tank containing dialysing solution
What does the dialysing solution contain?
What are the methods used by plants to get rid of their waste products?
Correct and rewrite the statements by changing the biological term that is underlined for the statement:
The kidney is composed of number of neurons.
Choose the odd one out in the following series:
Proximal convoluted duct, loop of Henle, vein.
The following diagram represents a mammalian kidney tubule (nephron) and its blood supply.

Parts indicated by the guidelines 1to 8 are as follows:
1. Afferent arteriole from renal artery
2. Efferent arteriole
3. Bowman's capsule
4. Glomerulus
5. Proximal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries
6. Distal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries
7. Collecting tubule
8. U-shaped loop of Henle
Study the diagram and answer the question that follow:
Which structure contains the lowest concentration of urea?
Name the Following
The substance found in excess in the urine of a diabetic patient.
Write the functional activity of the following structure: Vasopressin
Write the functional activity of the following structure: Kidney
Write the functional activity of the following structure: Renal artery
Answer the following question.
State the role of liver in urea production.
Answer the following question.
Amphibian tadpole can afford to be ammonotelic. Justify.
Identify the INCORRECT match.
The mode of excretion of nitrogenous wastes like ammonia which takes place by simple diffusion is called ______.
Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with vaseline. Will this plant remain healthy for long? Give reasons for your answer.
Why is the rate of breathing in aquatic organisms much faster than in terrestrial organisms?
