When the blood pressure in a capillary exceeds the osmotic pressure in the capillary what is the net movement of fluid?

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2026-05-07 02:00

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The movement should be OUTWARD toward the interstitial fluid. This is because the blood pressure is greater than the osmotic pressure (or more correctly the onconic/colloid pressure, since the membrane is actually quite permeable to ions but is not permeable to plasma proteins), and thus fluid (water and ions, along with other small molecules) can flow OUT of the capillary bed.

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