Question: Question 3 ( 2 0 pts ) . Artificial kidney is a medical device used to remove waste metabolites from your blood in cases of

Question 3(20 pts). Artificial kidney is a medical device used to remove waste metabolites from your blood in cases of kidney malfunction. The dialyzing fluid passes across a hollow membrane, and the waste products diffuse from the blood into the dialyzing fluid. The blood entering the artificial kidney unit flows at the rate of 220mlmin, and the blood exiting the unit flows at the rate of 215mlmin and the entering concentration of urea is 2.30mgml and the exit concentration of urea is 1.70mgml. Dialyzing fluid flows into the unit at the rate of 1500mlmin.
a) Draw and label the flowchart of the process and perform degrees of freedom analyses.
b) How much water and urea (the main waste product) pass into the dialysate?
c) What is the concentration of the urea in the dialysate?
 Question 3(20 pts). Artificial kidney is a medical device used to

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