If interstitial hydrostatic pressure in tissues rises above the lymphatic system's capacity for drainage, which consequence follows regarding fluid filtration across capillary walls?

💡 Explanation

Increased interstitial hydrostatic pressure opposes fluid reabsorption into capillaries, so the net filtration pressure increases across capillary walls due to Starling forces; therefore, filtration is enhanced, rather than remaining constant or favoring absorption, because lymphatic drainage insufficiency causes this imbalance.

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