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A passage in EK 1001 bio (112) talks about a peptide called Kinin. Among many functions, it increases vascular permeability.
One of the questions for the passage was asking what would happen if our body has an excess concentrations of Kinin. One of the correct answer was severe vascular edema (water build-up between blood vessel and interstitial space).
They explain that increasing the vasuclar permeability would make water leak out of the blood because of poor tight junction mechanism. Here, since blood has higher osmorality (compared to interstitial space), shouldn't water flow into the blood vessel instead? Thanks in advance.
One of the questions for the passage was asking what would happen if our body has an excess concentrations of Kinin. One of the correct answer was severe vascular edema (water build-up between blood vessel and interstitial space).
They explain that increasing the vasuclar permeability would make water leak out of the blood because of poor tight junction mechanism. Here, since blood has higher osmorality (compared to interstitial space), shouldn't water flow into the blood vessel instead? Thanks in advance.