ACOLS MLD TRAINING STUDY GUIDE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026

ACOLS MLD TRAINING STUDY GUIDE
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026

◉ Which colloid pressure is greater in a healthy individual?.
Answer: plasma (more than interstitial)


◉ What is the band of muscle located in the media of the
precapillary arteriole?.
Answer: Precapillary sphincter


◉ if precapillary sphincters constrict, what happens to BCP?.
Answer: decreases


◉ If precapillary sphincter dilates, what happens to BCP?.
Answer: increases


◉ How much water gets reabsorbed?.
Answer: 80-90%


◉ Does COP ip encourage filtration or reabsorption?.

, Answer: filtration


◉ Does TP support or hinder filtration?.
Answer: hinder, it supports reabsoption


◉ What is the only pressure a CLT can manipulate?.
Answer: tissue pressure through compression


◉ What term decribes the amount of water that is reabsorbed?.
Answer: effective reabsorption


◉ What are the components of CDT?.
Answer: MLD, skin care, Exercise, compression


◉ What is hypoproteinemia?.
Answer: abnormally low protein in the blood


◉ If there was primary lymphedema in L leg, what lymph nodes
would you stimulate and what anastomosis?.
Answer: L inguinal, R inguinal and L axillary; IA, AII and PII


◉ What populations are CDT no appropriate for?.