Fluid Is Filtered Out of the Bloodstream into the Surrounding

question 37

Multiple Choice

Fluid is filtered out of the bloodstream into the surrounding interstitial fluid at the arteriole end of systemic capillaries because

• A) the osmotic pressure of the interstitial fluid is greater than that of the blood.
• B) the hydrostatic pressure of the blood is less than that of the interstitial fluid.
• C) the hydrostatic pressure of the blood is greater than the osmotic pressure of the blood.
• D) the osmotic pressure of the interstitial fluid is greater than the hydrostatic pressure of the blood.
• E) the osmotic pressure of the blood is greater than the hydrostatic pressure of the interstitial fluid.

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