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The colourless fluid that drains from intercellular spaces, resembles plasma but has fewer proteins, and carries absorbed fats from the small intestine is called what?
ASerum
BPlasma
CBile
DLymph
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Lymph
1. The fluid is colourless, plasma-like, low in protein and flows in its own system.
2. Plasma is part of blood and is more protein-rich, so option B is wrong.
3. Bile is a digestive secretion of the liver, ruling out option C.
4. The colourless tissue-space fluid that carries fats from the intestine is lymph, option D.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 14 Transportation in Plants and Circulation in Animals "Lymph", p.219_
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