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Describe pressure filtration

Author: M Garcia



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- as water leaves the capillaries, the concentration of plasma proteins in the capillaries increases, and the water potential decreases - plasma proteins in the capillaries generate a form of pressure called oncotic pressure - as water potential in the capillaries is lower than the tissue fluid, some water re-enters the capillaries from the tissue fluid at the venule end by osmosis


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