WGU D236 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | WGU D236 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026

WGU D236 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | WGU D236 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026 VERSION 1  COMPLETE DOCUMENT  100% CORRECT ANSWERS  90% PASS RATE GUARANTEE  REAL EXAM QUESTIONS  CONTENT MASTERY SERIES  WITH EXPLANATIONS What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - ANSWER 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. On, the other hand, low electrolyte and protein concentrations (as seen in a nutritionally deficient child) would cause water to leave the capillaries