Talk:Interstitial fluid

Interstitial

"Interstitial fluid is a type of extracellular fluid. It is formed when materials such as Oxgen and Nutrients diffuse out of the capillaries to be taken in by the body's organs. Interstitial fluid contributes to the formation of lymph."

This sounds like something Galen would say. Maybe it should be redirected directly into lymph.

Other component?

Interstitial fluid is one of the two components of extracellular fluid besides plasma.

What is the other of the two components besides plasma (three components total, counting plasma)? Or is plasma the other component, for a total of two components? The interpretation of the statement is ambiguous. In the former case, the third component should be mentioned in passing. In the latter, the sentence should be rephrased (e.g., "one of the two components of extracellular fluid, the other being plasma") to eliminate the ambiguity. I'd make the change, but I don't know which connotation is correct. — Jeff Q 02:38, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Since nobody responded to my query, I removed the ambiguity using the second inference, which appears to be backed up by the extracellular fluid article. — Jeff Q (talk) 10:56, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Merge

Since Intercellular Fluid, Tissue Fluid, and Interstitial Fluid all refer to the same thing, these all should be the same article. Intercellular Fluid redirects to Tissue Fluid already, so all that needs to be done is to merge Interstitial Fluid into Tissue Fluid and create a redirect. Albert109 05:41, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Interstitium

Interstitium redirects here, but the article fails to explain this concept which it should. Actually, shouldn't the entire article be moved to interstitium? as that concept is slightly wider and we don't need separate articles. // habj (talk) 23:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Osmotic Equilibrium

Because the blood in the capillaries is constantly flowing, equilibrium is always reached.

I could be missing something here, but doesn't the fact that the blood in the capillaries keeps flowing mean that equilibrium is *never* reached? And doesn't that make more sense anyway, since at equilibrium no more exchange of water or solutes would occur?

Or have I missed something?

James barton (talk) 22:35, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

i was jus curious and wanted to ask n people to knw if they they were curious tht wht basically is the difference between a lymph n an interstilial fluid??thnx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.96.227.90 (talk) 10:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

More General Definition

The biological definition given here is too specific- by definition, the fluid in the interstices in any material is interstitial fluid. It is true that the vast majority of google hits refer to the biological fluid, but the term is also used in geology and ecology to refer to the water between grains of sand in soil or in the substrate below a lake or river (google "soil interstitial fluid")
Seasonal Variation in Interstitial Fluid Quality of the Andoni Flats, Niger Delta, Nigeria
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF CONDUIT STREAM SEDIMENT INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY KARST AQUIFER
Perhaps all this material should be moved to extracellular fluid and this should be a very short page stating that interstitial fluid usually refers to one kind of extracellular fluid in cellular organisms, but can also refer to fluid in soil or porous minerals or any material that has interstices? Eaberry (talk) 22:11, 1 February 2014 (UTC)