tissue fluid

Question 1

what does blood consist of?

Answer 1

plasma, red blood cell, white blood cells and palettes

Question 2

what is plasma?

Answer 2

mostly water, transports sustance in solution

Question 3

what do red blood cells do?

Answer 3

carry oxygen

Question 4

what do white blood cells do?

Answer 4

immune cells

Question 5

what do platelet do

Answer 5

involved in clotting

Question 6

list the functions of blood?

Answer 6

Transports oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Transports nutrients from digestion.
Transports waste for excretion.
Transports hormones.
Transports food from storage.
Transports clotting factors

Question 7

what does tissue fluid fill?

Answer 7

spaces between cells

Question 8

what is the function of tissue fluid?

Answer 8

It is the site of diffusion between blood and body cells, providing cells with nutrients and oxygen while removing waste products. It also helps fight infection as it forms part of the immune response.

Question 9

tissue fluid has the same composition as plasma except….

Answer 9

Tissue fluid has no red blood cells.
Tissue fluid has fewer proteins.
Tissue fluid has fewer white blood cells.

Question 10

tissue fluid is formed from the blood flowing through the….

Answer 10

capillaries

Question 11

at the arteriole end of the capillaries what happens?

Answer 11

A high hydrostatic pressure, exerted by the force of the heart pumping, forces fluid out of capillaries.
This forms tissue fluid surrounding body cells

Question 12

describe hydro static pressure at the venule end of the capillaries?

Answer 12

lower

Question 13

what happens with oncotic pressure at the venule end?

Answer 13

Proteins in blood exert a high oncotic pressure, a type of osmotic pressure, in capillaries.

Question 14

at the venule end where us the water potential lower and why

Answer 14

The water potential is lower in capillaries than in tissue fluid due to fluid loss.

Question 15

what happens to tissue fluid at the venule end

Answer 15

Some tissue fluid moves back into capillaries by osmosis.

Question 16

what is lymph

Answer 16

Lymph is the fluid that flows around the lymphatic system via lymph vessels.

Question 17

lymph has a similar composition to tissue fluid except?

Answer 17

Lymph has less oxygen and nutrients.
Lymph has more fatty acids.
Lymph has more white blood cells (lymphocytes).

Question 18

lymph is formed from?

Answer 18

tissue fluid

Question 19

describe how lymph is formed

Answer 19

Some tissue fluid doesn’t re-enter capillaries from tissue fluid.
This fluid instead drains into lymph vessels (lymph capillaries) forming lymph.
Lymph is transported through lymph vessels by muscle contractions.
Lymph is passed through lymph nodes to filter pathogens.
Lymph is eventually returned to the blood