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What causes the blood’s osmotic pressure to be greater than the osmotic pressure of the surrounding interstitial fluid that is outside of the capillaries?

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What causes the blood’s osmotic pressure to be greater than the osmotic pressure of the surrounding interstitial fluid that is outside of the capillaries?


  1. there is a higher concentration of sodium and chloride ions in the blood than the interstitial fluid.
  2. there is a higher concentration of water in the blood than in the interstitial fluid.
  3. the plasma proteins in blood.
  4. the hydrostatic pressure produced by the heart’s contractions.

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C: Plasma proteins exist in blood but not in the interstitial fluid.

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