August 11th, 2017 The Odyssey by: Homer

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Excretory System: Kidney Failure

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Level#1

Kidney failure means that one or both kidneys have shut down. People are able to live normally with only one kidney. But, if both kidneys do not work, a person will die if they do not get medical treatment.

1. What is kidney failure?





2. What would happen to you if you only had one kidney?






3. What would happen to you if both of your kidneys did not work?











Level#2


Kidney failure means that one or both kidneys have shut down. People are able to live normally with only one kidney. But, if both kidneys do not work, a person will die if they do not get medical treatment. A dialysis machine can be used to treat a person with failed kidneys. The patient's blood is drawn through a tube into a dialysis machine. Waste products and extra fluid in the blood are filtered by the machine. Then, clean blood flows back into the body.

1. What is kidney failure?






2. What would happen to you if you only had one kidney?






3. What would happen to you if both of your kidneys did not work?






4. What is used to treat people who have kidney failure and what is filtered out of a person's blood?










Level#3


Kidney failure means that one or both kidneys have shut down. People are able to live normally with only one kidney. But, if both kidneys do not work, a person will die if they do not get medical treatment. A dialysis machine can be used to treat a person with failed kidneys. The patient's blood is drawn through a tube into a dialysis machine. Waste products and extra fluid in the blood are filtered by the machine. Then, clean blood flows back into the body. A permanent treatment for kidney failure is a kidney transplant. However, there are never enough "donor" kidneys available.

1. What is kidney failure and can you live with just one kidney?








2. What would happen to you if both of your kidneys did not work?








3. What is used to treat people who have kidney failure, and what is filtered out of a person's blood?









4. Is there a permanent treatment for kidney failure?










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