A kidney dialysis machine ____

a. may cleanse the patient's blood outside the body
b. may use the patient's chest cavity as the site for solute exchange
c. replaces solutes in blood lost by urination
d. used by patients after a kidney transplant
e. is used to treat kidney stones


ANSWER: a

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