Body Fluids and CirculationHard
Question
The lymph serves to
Options
A.Transport O2 to the brain
B.Transport CO2 to the lungs
C.Return the interstitial fluid to the blood
D.Return the WBCs and the RBCs to the lymph nodes
Solution
-As the blood passes through the capillaries in tissues, some water along with many small water soluble substances move out into the spaces between the cells of tissues leaving the larger proteins and most of the formed elements in the blood vessels. This fluid released out is called the interstitial fluid or tissue fluid. It has the same mineral distribution as that in plasma. Exchange of nutrients, gases, etc., between the blood and the cells always occur through this fluid
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