When the sum of the blood hydrostatic pressure and the interstitial fluid colloid osmotic pressure is greater than the sum of the interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure and the blood colloid osmotic pressure,fluid shifts out of the interstitial fluid and into the blood.

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When the sum of the blood hydrostatic pressure and the interstitial fluid colloid osmotic pressure is greater than the sum of the interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure and the blood colloid osmotic pressure, fluid shifts out of the blood and into the interstitial fluid, not the other way around. This is because the net pressure gradient favors the movement of fluid from the blood into the interstitial spaces.

When the Sum of the Blood Hydrostatic Pressure and the Interstitial