Tissue Fluid

• Tissue fluid - A watery liquid that contains glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, ions and oxygen which bathes the tissues
• Tissue fluid supplies all of its substances to the tissues

  • In return, it receives carbon dioxide and other waste materials from the tissues
  • Therefore is the means by which materials are exchanged between blood and cells
• Tissue fluid is formed by blood plasma (carrying dissolved substances) leaking from the capillaries
• Although capillaries are small, they cannot serve every single cell directly. Therefore the final journey of metabolic materials is made in a liquid solution that bathes the tissues. This liquid is called tissue fluid