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Interstitial fluid takes on which name once it has entered the lymphatic system?

ALymph
BPlasma
CSerum
DMucus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Lymph
1. Capillary filtration pushes plasma out of the blood vessels into the spaces between the cells of the tissues. 2. Once that filtrate is out of the bloodstream and in the tissue spaces it is called interstitial fluid. 3. Once the same fluid drains into a lymphatic vessel it is called lymph. 4. Plasma names the fluid while it is still inside the blood vessels, so it is the wrong label here. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 21 "The Lymphatic and Immune System", section 21.1 Anatomy of the Lymphatic and Immune Systems_
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