Oedema may occur as a result of a(n):
a. increase in capillary hydrostatic pressure, adecrease in blood volume and an increase inplasma oncotic pressure
b. decrease in capillary hydrostatic pressure, aincrease in blood volume and a decrease inplasma oncotic pressure.
c. decrease in capillary hydrostatic pressure, adecrease in blood volume and an increase in
plasma oncotic pressure.
d. increase in capillary hydrostatic pressure, an
increase in blood volume and a decrease in
plasma oncotic pressure.
d
If there is a decrease in plasma oncotic pressure there are
fewer protein molecules ‘holding' the fluid in the intravascular space. This, combined with an increase in blood volume
and pressure within the vasculature, pushes fluid into the
interstitial spaces.
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