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Extracellular fluid

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noun

The body fluid outside the cell composed of blood plasma, interstitial fluid, lymph and transcellular fluid.


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In humans, the normal glucose concentration of extracellular fluid that is regulated by homeostasis is approximately 5 mM. The pH of extracellular fluid is tightly regulated by buffers around 7.4. The volume of extracellular fluid is typically 15 L (i.e. 12 L is interstitial fluid and 3 L is plasma).


Word origin: L, comb. form of extrā (adv. and prep.), outside (of), without. + NL cellulāris, equiv. to cellul(a), live cell.

Acronym: ECF.

Compare: intracellular fluid.
See also: extravascular fluid.


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