Interstitial fluid

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Interstitial fluid (also know as tissue fluid) is the fluid containing proteins and other solutes that surround the cells of an organism. It is created by transcapillary filtration and it is filtered through the lyphmatic system[1]


Interstitial fluid (also know as tissue fluid) is the fluid containing proteins and other solutes that surround the cells of an organism. It is created by transcapillary filtration and it is filtered through the lyphmatic system [2].


= References =

  1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22811424
  2. Wiig H, Swartz MA,fckLR2012 Physiology Review fckLR93(3):1005-60 fckLRInterstitial fluid and lymph formation and transport: physiological regulation and roles in inflammation and cancer.