The hydrostatic pressure in a capillary in skeletal muscle is 37 mmHg at the arteriolar end and 14 mmHg at the venular end. The interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure is 0 mmHg. The colloid osmotic pressure is 25 mmHg in the capillary and 1 mmHg in the interstitium. The net force producing fluid movement across the capillary wall at its arteriolar end is:
A. 13 mmHg out of the capillary
B. 13 mmHg into the capillary
C. 3 mmHg out of the capillary
D. 11 mmHg out of the capillary
E. 3 mmHg into the capillary
Select your answer:
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The reason we are unable to see clearly underwater is because:
A. images on our retina are crisscrossed by a network of veins and are amplified by water.
B. the water interrupts the organisation of the visual process and we are unable to make sense of it
C. the cornea of the eye is designed to refract or bend light travelling through the air, not water.
D. the cornea reaches its absolute threshold under water, which therefore blurs our vision.