Human Bio Unit 1 - Tissue Fluid

Question 0

What is squeezed out of the tissue fluid?

Answer 0

Water

Nutrients

Mineral ions

Oxygen

Question 1

How is it formed?

Answer 1

High blood pressure at arterial end of capillaries caused by contraction of heart

Water potential is greater than hydrostatic pressure at arterial end

Water and small molecules leave

Proteins/cells too large to pass out

Question 2

How are the substances removed from the tissue fluid?

Answer 2

The pressure from the heart

Question 3

What doesn’t get squeezed out of tissue fluid and why?

Answer 3

Blood cells

Proteins

Too large