PATH 3610 Chapter Notes -Von Willebrand Disease, Von Willebrand Factor, Fibrin Degradation Product

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Osmosis refers to the tendency of a solvent (e. g. water) to pass from a solution of lesser concentration to one of greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane. Oncotic pressure"thus refers to the pressure generated by this act of osmosis. Normal tissues, the tissue hydrostatic and oncotic pressures are near zero, and as such contribute little to fluid exchange. In the normal capillary, at the arteriolar end of the capillary bed vascular hydrostatic pressure (pushing fluid out of vessels) is higher than the vascular oncotic pressure (drawing fluid into vessels). The net effect drives fluid into the tissues. At the venular end of the capillary bed, vascular hydrostatic pressure (pushing fluid out of vessels) is lower than the vascular oncotic pressure (drawing fluid into vessels). This drives fluid back into blood vessels, carrying away the metabolic waste byproducts of the tissues (carbon dioxide, etc. ).

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