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So my mind has been warped in trying to learn this. To keep things simple, what I've learned is
Fluid goes out of capillaries due to: Hydrostatic pressure of blood, and oncotic pressures of interstitial fluid.
Fluid comes into capillaries due to: Hydrostatic pressure of interstitial fluids, and oncotic pressures of blood.
So apparently a commonly tested MCAT subject is an edema (excess fluid in interstitium).
What factors at the level of the capillary cause an edema? If I'm correct they are
(1) high hydrostatic bp (2) Low oncotic pressure in blood (lack of blood proteins) (3) Low hydrostatic pressure of interstitium (4) High oncotic pressure in interstitium
1.) Are these the correct factors that cause an edema?
2.) What is the relationship between interstitial oncotic and hydrostatic pressures with the lymph node reabsorption, and what questions might we expect o this subject?
Thanks
Fluid goes out of capillaries due to: Hydrostatic pressure of blood, and oncotic pressures of interstitial fluid.
Fluid comes into capillaries due to: Hydrostatic pressure of interstitial fluids, and oncotic pressures of blood.
So apparently a commonly tested MCAT subject is an edema (excess fluid in interstitium).
What factors at the level of the capillary cause an edema? If I'm correct they are
(1) high hydrostatic bp (2) Low oncotic pressure in blood (lack of blood proteins) (3) Low hydrostatic pressure of interstitium (4) High oncotic pressure in interstitium
1.) Are these the correct factors that cause an edema?
2.) What is the relationship between interstitial oncotic and hydrostatic pressures with the lymph node reabsorption, and what questions might we expect o this subject?
Thanks