Fig. 4
From: Regulation of blood flow and volume exchange across the microcirculation
The principle of Ernest Starling. The high filtration-high reabsorption scenario proposed by Ernest Starling presumed high filtration in the high-pressure segments due to outweighing hydrostatic forces and reabsorption of a very large part of the filtered volume at the venular aspect owing to prevailing oncotic forces in the lumen. Fluid excess in the interstitial space needs to be drained by the lymphatic system (according to Becker et al. [28])