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interstitial fluid
(redirected from Intercellular fluid)

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Noun1.interstitial fluid - liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body
ECF, extracellular fluid - liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid"


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Block thinks that the difference perhaps relates to the fact that vitamin E is fat soluble and thus found in cell membranes, while vitamin C is water soluble and found in intercellular fluid.
4,5) The major concerns with blood collections by skin puncture deal with contamination from interstitial fluid, intercellular fluid, hemolysis, and residual contaminate from the surface of the skin.
The amount of magnesium in the body that remains in the intercellular fluids is very low.
 
 
 
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