Bio Question, wording confuses me, please help

[drzakisadiq]

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On the Kaplan midterm,

It states that "a capillary has a higher osmotic pressure in its blood plasma than the osmotic pressure of the interstitial fluid"

I thought that it's osmotic pressure that opposes hydrostatic pressure which is an outward force out of the capillary and into the interstitial and that the osmotic pressure is the inward force into the capillary. Can someone clear this up for me, I might just be reading it wrong.

 

[DentalDeac]

At the arterial end, the hydrostatic pressure inside the capillary is higher than the osmotic pressure of the interstitial fluid, so there is a new outflow of fluid from the capillary to the tissue. At the venous end, the osmotic pressure is greater than the hydrostatic pressure, causing a net inflow of fluid from the tissue to the capillary.

 

[HoangDDS]

This is how I think about it:
Hydrostatic pressure- pressure pushing fluid out of the capillary
Osmotic pressure- pressure pulling fluid into the capillary

At the arterial end ==> Hydrostatic pressure > Osmotic pressure ==> Net outflow = filtration

At the Venous end ==> Hydrostatic pressure < Osmotic pressure ==> Net inflow = absorption