Which Statement Accurately Compares Filtration and Reabsorption

question 146

Multiple Choice

Which statement accurately compares filtration and reabsorption?

• A) Filtration is driven by concentration gradients, whereas reabsorption depends on hydrostatic pressure.
• B) Filtration involves bulk flow of fluid out of the blood, whereas reabsorption is bulk flow back into the blood.
• C) Filtration happens at the venule end of a capillary bed and reabsorption happens in feeder arterioles.
• D) The direction of filtration can be either into or out of the blood, but reabsorption always involves fluids entering the blood.

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Definitions:

Double-masked Design

A study design in which neither the participants nor the researchers know who belongs to the control group and who belongs to the experimental group, minimizing bias.

Experimenter Expectancies

The potential influence that a researcher's beliefs, hopes, or biases can have on the outcome of an experiment, often impacting the behavior being studied.

Rosenthal Effect

The phenomenon in which the higher expectations placed upon individuals either by themselves or others lead to better performance; also known as the Pygmalion effect.

Quasi-experimental Designs

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