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Body Fluid Compartments

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY

J. Perkins

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Figurę 4.2 Body Fluid Compartments_

Total body water (calculaled for a 60-kg individual) is divided by the plasma membranę of cells into Iwo compartments: inlracellular fluid and extracellular fluid. The capillary wali subdivides the extracellular

fluid into plasma (within btood ve$$el$) and interstitial fluid. The inter-stitial fluid includes not only the fluid surrounding cells but also fluid in bonę and dense connective tissuc.