What is intravascular and extravascular space?

The intravascular compartment contains fluid (i.e., blood) within the cardiac chambers and vascular system of the body. The extravascular system is everything outside of the intravascular compartment. Fluid and electrolytes readily move between these two compartments.

Is intravascular fluid intracellular or extracellular?

Interstitial fluid, intravascular fluid, and transcellular fluid are three types of extracellular fluid compartments. The interstitial fluid compartment sometimes is called tissue space. It is present outside the blood. It usually surrounds tissue cells.

What causes fluid to stay in the intravascular space?

Hydrostatic Forces The hydrostatic pressure in the intravascular space (Pc) is the principle force driving water and electrolytes out of the capillary into the interstitial space. The filtration force of the capillary hydrostatic pressure is opposed by the tissue pressure surrounding the capillaries (Pt).

What is intravascular space?

The space contained within blood vessels. The main intravascular fluid is blood.

Which of the following is intravascular fluid?

The main intravascular fluid in mammals is blood, a complex mixture with elements of a suspension (blood cells), colloid (globulins), and solutes (glucose and ions). The blood represents both the intracellular compartment (the fluid inside the blood cells) and the extracellular compartment (the blood plasma).

What does intravascular fluid contain?

Intravascular compartment The main intravascular fluid in mammals is blood, a complex mixture with elements of a suspension (blood cells), colloid (globulins), and solutes (glucose and ions).

Where is the intravascular compartment?

Intravascular compartment The blood represents both the intracellular compartment (the fluid inside the blood cells) and the extracellular compartment (the blood plasma).

What is vascular space?

The space that surrounds the cells of a given tissue, which is filled with interstitial fluid which bathes and surrounds cells.

Where is intracellular fluid located?

within cells
The intracellular fluid is the fluid contained within cells. The extracellular fluid—the fluid outside the cells—is divided into that found within the blood and that found outside the blood; the latter fluid is known as the interstitial fluid.