I was hoping someone could briefly explain the filtration and reabsorption process when dealing with capillary
This is part of capillary exchange (bulk flow: filtration and reabsorption) I know there is two ends the arterial end and venous end, however there is also a formula with many different variables that plays a role in the dynamics of capillary exchange. For example: Blood hydrostatic pressure, Interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure, Blood colloid osmotic pressure, Interstitial fluid osmotic pressure, and finally Net filtration pressure? Anyone know anything about this…
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You’re talking about the Starling equation. It’s a relationship between the pressures tending towards filtration on the arterial end (oncotic and hydrostatic) and the pressures tending towards resorption on the venous end (same pressures, different values)
Here’s the wiki, it explains it fairly well.
(Edit–YA not allowing links at the moment, but you can go to wikipedia and type in "Starling Equation")