Unit 3 - Tissue fluid Flashcards

1
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What is lymph?

A

Modified tissue fluid that is collected in the lymph system

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2
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What is tissue fluid?

A

A liquid produced from the circulatory system which contains dissolved nutrients

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3
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What is the function of tissue fluid?

A
  • Transports substances to the tissues and returns waste products of the cells back to the circulatory system
  • bathes cells which protects cells
  • allows the cells to take up the products needed
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4
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Give 3 examples of substances found dissolved in tissue fluid

A

Glucose
Amino Acids
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide

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5
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What is the lymphatic system?

A
  • system that contains drainage vessel for excess tissue fluid
  • fluid in vessels known as lymphatic fluid
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6
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What are the functions of lymph nodes?

A

Involved in immune response and contain lymphocytes

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7
Q

What happens to excess tissue fluid?

A

Drains into lymph vessels

Some tissue fluid returns to capillaries

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8
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What is the function of pores in capillaries?

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  • allows tissue fluid to leave capillaries

- do not allow blood cells or large proteins out of the blood

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9
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What is hydrostatic pressure?

A

The pressure created by water in an enclosed system

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10
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What is oncotic pressure?

A

The pressure caused by the tendency of water to move into blood by osmosis as a result of plasma proteins

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11
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Why does hydrostatic pressure fall as blood and tissue fluid move through the capillaries?

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-due to increased distance from the heart and branching of the arterioles into many capillaries

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12
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Why does oncotic pressure stay the same throughout the capillaries?

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The plasma proteins in the blood which generate the pressure are too large to fit through capillary pores

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13
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Why does tissue fluid move in and out of capillaries?

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Due to opposing blood pressures

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14
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In what direction does tissue fluid move at the arteriole end of the capillary?

A

Out of the capillary

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15
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Why is tissue fluid forced out of the capillary at the arteriole end?

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  • The Hydrostatic pressure is greater than the oncotic pressure so tissue fluid is forced out of the blood
  • down a pressure gradient
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16
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In what direction does tissue fluid move at the venous end of the capillary?

A

Drawn into the capillary

17
Q

Why is tissue fluid drawn into the capillary at the venous end?

A

The oncotic pressure is greater than the hydrostatic pressure so tissue fluid is drawn into the blood
-down a pressure gradient