Blood entering a capillary bed of an unusual vertebrate was measured for the pressures exerted by various factors, as shown in Figure 42.1.

Figure 42.1
-For this unusual capillary bed,

Question

Blood entering a capillary bed of an unusual vertebrate was measured for the pressures exerted by various factors, as shown in Figure 42.1.
  
Figure 42.1
-For this unusual capillary bed,

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In a typical capillary bed, the hydrostatic pressure is higher on the arterial side, causing fluids to leave the capillaries. On the venous side, the osmotic pressure predominates, allowing fluids to re-enter the capillaries.

Blood Entering a Capillary Bed of an Unusual Vertebrate Was