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When “colloid osmotic pressure” is used in relation to the blood. What is being referred to?

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When “colloid osmotic pressure” is used in relation to the blood. What is being referred to?

  1. the movement of water molecules across the membrane of a red blood cell.
  2. the filtration pressure in the glomeruli of the kidneys.
  3. the osmotic pressure forcing water and solute out of capillaries.
  4. the osmotic pressure due to the plasma proteins.
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waelhammad
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D: Plasma proteins are known as colloids. They are present in blood but not in the interstitial fluid. That part of the osmotic pressure of blood that they produce is known as colloid osmotic pressure.

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