MEDICAL
URINARY BLADDER
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tends to be higher in sodium and chloride than intracellular fluid
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includes interstitial fluid and plasma
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has a fairly consistent composition throughout the body
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ECF consists of all the fluids located outside the cells and includes the plasma (0.05 l/kg), interstitial fluid and lymph (0.15 l/kg), and the transcellular fluids (Edelman and Leibman, 1959; Rose, 1984; Saxton and Seldin, 1986).
Detailed explanation-2: -The extracellular fluid, in turn, is composed of blood plasma, interstitial fluid, lymph and transcellular fluid (e.g. cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, aqueous humour, serous fluid, gut fluid, etc.). The interstitial fluid and the blood plasma are the major components of the extracellular fluid.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of this fluid are cerebrospinal fluid, aqueous humor in the eye, serous fluid in the serous membranes lining body cavities, perilymph and endolymph in the inner ear, and joint fluid.
Detailed explanation-4: -This is known as interstitial fluid, and surrounds most of the cells in the body.