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What is ultrafiltration? |
The hydrostatic pressure created pushes tissue fluid out of the capillaries. This pressure is only enough to force small molecules out of the capillaries, leaving all cells and proteins in the blood. This is type of filtration under pressure is ultrafiltration. |
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What does tissue fluid contain? |
Glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, salts and oxygen. It recieves carbon dioxide and other waste materials from the tissues it surrounds. |
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What forces tissue fluid out of the blood plasma in capillaries and into the surrounding tissues? |
Hydrostatic pressue (due to pumping of the heart) |
