The net loss of fluid from capillaries in the legs is increased by

A. True   This increases capillary hydrostatic pressure.

B. True   In the standing position, capillary pressure increases by the hydrostatic equivalent of the column of blood below the heart.

C. False    Lymphatic obstruction allows tissue fluid to accumulate; the rise in interstitial pressure reduces the capillary transmural hydrostatic pressure gradient.

D. True   Capillary pressure rises during the exercise hyperaemia.

E. True   Hypoproteinaemia decreases the transmural colloid osmotic pressure gradient.