Write the differences between kidney and artificial kidney.

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answered Nov 23, 2019 by Saijal (64.8k points)
selected Nov 23, 2019 by faiz

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Kidney	Artificial Kidney
1. It is a natural excretory organ in human beings to filter blood and forms urine	1. It is a device to remove nitrogenous waste products from the blood through dialysis.
2. Kidney is used to filter blood in healthy persons.	2. It is used in persons in which both kidneys are spoiled.
3. Blood that passes through kidney contains nitrogenous wastes.	3. Dialysing fluid used in dialysis machine do not contain nitrogenous wastes.
4. Person's blood passes through Malphigian body and renal tubule during filtration.	4. Patient's blood is passed through number of tubes with semipermeable lining suspended in a tank filled with dialysing fluid.
5. Reabsorption of materials takes place in proximal convoluted tubule and distal convoluted tubule of renal tubule.	5. No absorption of material takes place in artificial kidney.