KROK 1 2009 – Question 96 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
After a surgery a 36-year-old woman was given an intravenous injection of concentrated albumin solution. This has induced intensified water movement in the following direction:
- A. From the capillaries to the intercellular fluid
- B. From the intercellular fluid to the capillaries
- C. From the intercellular fluid to the cells
- D. From the cells to the intercellular fluid
- E. No changes of water movement will be observed
Hint
Consider how a rise in the colloid osmotic pressure of plasma shifts the balance of forces across the walls of the smallest blood vessels.
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