Excretory Products And Their Elimination Question 20
Question: Dialysis (used for the treatment of chronic kidney diseases) differs from the process of osmosis in the respect that:
Options:
A) Both solvent and solute pass through the membrane.
B) Only solute selectively passes through the membrane.
C) Only solvent selectively passes through the membrane.
D) Gases are the only substances that pass through the membrane and the blood is cleaned.
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
[a] Osmosis is a process in which solvent passes from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration.
In dialysis, solvent and solute both pass through the membrane.
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