Given the following forces acting at a given point across the capillary wall, what type of fluid movement will be taking place at that point? Capillary blood pressure = 32 mm Hg Blood-colloid osmotic pressure = 23 mm Hg Interstitial-fluid hydrostatic pressure = 1 mm Hg Interstitial-fluid-colloid osmotic pressure = 0 mm Hg

a. Ultrafiltration will occur with a net outward pressure of 8 mm Hg.
b. Ultrafiltration will occur with a net outward pressure of 10 mm Hg.
c. Ultrafiltration will occur with a net outward pressure of 56 mm Hg.
d. Reabsorption will occur with a net inward pressure of 24 mm Hg.
e. Reabsorption will occur with a net inward pressure of 10 mm Hg.


A

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