Tissue Fluid and Lymph Flashcards
What is tissue fluid
Fluid containing water, glucose, amino acid, fatty acids, ions and oxygen which bathes the tissues
How is tissue fluid formed
as blood enters the capillaries from arterioles the smaller diameter means high hydro static pressure so the metabolites are forced out
What remains in the capilaries when the tissue fluid is forced out
RBC
Platelets
Large proteins
What happens to the liquid that doesn’t get absorbed back into the capillaries by osmosis
It gets absorbed the lympahatic system. the LS will bring the liquid back into the blood where the lymph vessles are entering the near the heart
How is tissue fluid reabsrobed
Large molecules remain in the capliaries= Lowerd waterp poteintal
Towards the venule end of the capilaries the HP is lowerd due loss of liquid but the WP is Low
water re-enters by capliares by osmosis
why is the concentration of nutrients in the lymph low
they have been used by the tissues
Difference between tissue fluid and lymph
lymph is found in the lymph vessels, tissue fluid is found in the spaces between cells.
