Chapter 21, Problem 7CP

Summary Introduction

To review:

Determination of movement of fluid across the walls of the capillaries by osmotic and hydrostatic pressures.

Introduction:

The pressure-driven process, in which the movement of the solutes and the fluid occurs from the capillaries of the blood into the interstitial fluid, is known as filtration. The pressure-driven process, in which the movement takes place from the interstitial fluid into the capillaries of the blood, is known as reabsorption.