As Blood Moves from the Arterial End to the Venous

question 34

Multiple Choice

As blood moves from the arterial end to the venous end of a capillary, net filtration pressure

• A) increases, as blood hydrostatic pressure rises.
• B) increases, as blood colloid osmotic pressure rises.
• C) decreases, as blood hydrostatic pressure decreases.
• D) decreases, as blood colloid osmotic pressure decreases.
• E) remains the same, as rises in blood osmotic pressure are offset by declines in tissue osmotic pressure.

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