If someone with kidney damage was losing lots of protein in their urine, what would happen to colloid osmotic pressure and how might it lead to edema (swelling) of body tissues?
What will be an ideal response?
Osmotic pressure would decrease. Because less fluid would be retained by the osmotic draw of the proteins, capillaries would lose more fluid, and swelling could result.
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