Edema is likely to occur when

A) hemorrhage occurs.
B) the heart becomes an insufficient pump.
C) blood hydraulic pressure at the capillary decreases.
D) the blood hydraulic pressure in a capillary is equal to the blood osmotic pressure.
E) the concentration of protein in the blood increases.


B) the heart becomes an insufficient pump.

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a) Natural killer cell b) Monocyte c) RBC d) Lymphocyte e) Macrophage

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A) 180 B) 144 C) 40 D) 96

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The muscle that squeezes the eye shut is the ________ oculi.

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