Chapter 20.3, Problem 5AYLO

Summary Introduction

To discuss:

In capillary filtration, three forces that draw fluid out of the capillaries and one force that draws fluid into them.

Introduction:

The capillaries are known as the business ends or exchange vessels of the cardiovascular system. For the passage of nutrients, hormones, leukocytes, and waste to pass through the walls of the blood vessels into tissue, it can occur through capillaries and venules. Capillaries only have a basal lamina and an endothelium.