edema - Answer-accumulation of fluid within the interstitial spaces
causes of edema - Answer-increased capillary hydrostatic pressure (increased BP),
decrease of plasma oncotic pressure,
obstruction of lymphatic circulation,
increased capillary permeability
What is ascites? - Answer-accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity
example of increased capillary hydrostatic pressure - Answer-venous obstruction, salt
and water retention, heart failure, renal failure
what does increased capillary hydrostatic pressure cause? - Answer-forces fluid into
tissues
causes of decreased capillary (plasma) oncotic pressure - Answer-decreased plasma
albumin
-decreased synthesis of plasma proteins (cirrhosis, malnutrition)
-increased loss of plasma proteins (nephrotic syndrome)
increased Na+ and H2O retention (dilution of plasma proteins)
what does lymph obstruction cause? - Answer-fluid movement into the tissues
decreased transport of capillary filtered protein ( thus increasing tissue oncotic
pressure)
what are examples of increased capillary permeability? - Answer-burns and
inflammation
what does increased capillary permeability do? - Answer-proteins escape= loss of
plasma proteins to interstitial space (thus increasing tissue oncotic pressure and
decreased capillary oncotic pressure)
papilledema - Answer-swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve at the point of
entrance into the eye through the optic disk
What causes papilledema? - Answer-often caused by increase in intracranial pressure
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