14. A patient in liver failure will sometimes develop \"ascites\" (uh-cy-teez),

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14. A patient in liver failure will sometimes develop "ascites" (uh-cy-teez), which is the accumulation of fluid (edema) in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity. A current hypothesis about why this happens is "portal vein hypertension"; in other words, high blood pressure in the hepatic portal vein. In terms of Starling forces in the capillaries, this means the asites is caused by: (1.5 pts) a. Oncotic pressure in the capillaries >> hydrostatic pressure in interstitium b. Hydrostatic pressure in the capillaries >> oncotic pressure in capillaries c. Oncotic pressure in the interstitium >> oncotic pressure in the capillaries d. Hydrostatic pressure in the interstitium > hydrostatic pressure in the capillaries

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b. hydrostatic pressure in capillaries >> oncotic pressure in capillaries

in ascites there are much larger changes can be seen therefore hydrostatic pressure will increases largely than intracellular oncotic pressure.

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