Fluids and Electrolytes

CHAPTER 11

Capillary

Tissue

Hydrostatic pressure

40 mm Hg

Arterial end

Venous end

Oncotic pressure

25 mm Hg Hydrostatic pressure10 mm Hg

Interstitial

hydrostatic

pressure

1 mm Hg

Interstitial

oncotic

pressure

1 mm Hg

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