ANATOMY
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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Question
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Blood
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Lymph
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Interstital fluid
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Plasma
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fluid found in the spaces around cells. It comes from substances that leak out of blood capillaries (the smallest type of blood vessel). It helps bring oxygen and nutrients to cells and to remove waste products from them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Interstitial fluid contains glucose, salt, fatty acids and minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium. The nutrients in interstitial fluid come from blood capillaries Interstitial fluid can also hold waste products which result from metabolism.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Inter” means between or among, so interstitial means between the parts of a tissue, but not within the blood vessel. Hence, interstitial fluid is a type of ECF that lies between cells of the tissue, but is not inside the blood vessels.