Consider a healthy person. Which is/are FALSE? a.Average capillary hydrostatic pressure is equal to the osmotic force due to protein plasma concentration b."Filtration" is the movement of fluid out of the capillary and into the interstitial fluid c.Average capillary hydrostatic pressure is greater than interstitial fluid osmotic pressure d."Reabsorption" is the movement of interstitial fluid into the capillary

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Consider a healthy person. Which is/are FALSE?

	a.	Average capillary hydrostatic pressure is equal to the osmotic force due to protein plasma concentration
	b.	"Filtration" is the movement of fluid out of the capillary and into the interstitial fluid
	c.	Average capillary hydrostatic pressure is greater than interstitial fluid osmotic pressure
	d.	"Reabsorption" is the movement of interstitial fluid into the capillary

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