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What are the functions of a healthy kidney? - Answer- Removal of waste products (creatinine, urea, and uric acid). Regulate fluid, acid base, and electrolytes.
What are the anatomical structures of the urinary system in order of urine flow? - Answer- (2) K...
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What are the functions of a healthy kidney? - Answer- Removal of waste products
(creatinine, urea, and uric acid). Regulate fluid, acid base, and electrolytes.
What are the anatomical structures of the urinary system in order of urine flow? -
Answer- (2) Kidneys (2) Ureters (1) Bladder (1) Urethra
Which of the functions of healthy kidneys are replaced by dialysis? - Answer-
Removal of waste products, and Regulation of fluid balance
What is the function of renin? - Answer- hormone produced by the kidneys with
important effects on regulation of the blood pressure, and on sodium, and potassium
balance
What is homeostasis? - Answer- Steady internal state of equilibrium in the body.
Intracellular - Answer- Inside the cells
Intravascular - Answer- inside the blood vessels
Extracellular - Answer- outside the cells
Interstitial - Answer- between the cells
What are the body fluid compartments? - Answer- Intracellular, Extracellular,
Intravascular, Interstitial
What is hemodialysis? (HD) - Answer- Outpatient setting
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) - Answer- Patient's home
What factors impact the rate of diffusion ? - Answer- Concentration Gradient,
Temperature, Molecular weight of solutes, Nature of the solution, Membrane
Permeability, Surface area, Flow Geometry Convection
What are three types of solutions? - Answer- Hypotonic, Isotonic, Hypertonic
What is hypotonic? - Answer- Containing less particles
What is Isotonic? - Answer- Containing equal particles
What is Hypertonic? - Answer- Containing more particles
Countercurrent Flow is? - Answer- Blood and Dialysate flow in opposite directions
What happens to diffusion when dialyzer fibers clot? - Answer- either from
inadequate heparinization or an improperly primed dialyzer, diffusion is decreased.
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