Juan has a disease in which damaged kidneys allow some of his nor...

Question

Juan has a disease in which damaged kidneys allow some of his normal plasma proteins to be removed from the blood. How might this condition affect the osmotic pressure of blood in capillaries, compared with that of the surrounding interstitial fluid? One of the symptoms of this kidney malfunction is an accumulation of excess interstitial fluid, which causes Juan's arms and legs to swell. Can you explain why this occurs?

Accepted Answer

Hey everyone. Let's take a look at this question together. Which of the following is responsible for forcing fluid out of capillaries. So let's take a look at our answer choices to figure out what type of pressure is responsible for forcing fluid out of the capillaries. So in this case we're talking about forcing the fluid out of the capillaries and we know that the pressure that is responsible for forcing the fluid out of the capillaries is hydrostatic pressure. Or answer choice B. The correct answer because we know that answer choice A. Osmotic pressure is the force that pushes the fluids in so forth that pushes fluids in. And since we're looking for the force that forces the fluid out, it is not osmotic pressure. And then answer choices C. And D. Have to do with the blood pressure. Systolic being the highest and diastolic being the lowest blood pressure that is recorded. So the only answer here that has to do with forcing fluid out of capillaries is answer choice B. Hydrostatic pressure. Hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.

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