WGU D236 pathophysiology Exam -Study Guide-With 100% verified answers-
WGU D236 pathophysiology Exam -Study Guide-With 100% verified answers- 1. What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema?- : Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing water out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillaries). Both electrolytes and proteins (oncontic pressure) in the blood affect osmotic pressure, high electrolyte and protein concentrations in the blood would cause water to leave the cells and interstitial space and enter the blood stream to dilute the high concentrations
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