Talk:Tissue fluid

This article states that, "red blood cells are flexible so as to fit through tiny capillaries, where they release their oxygen load" while the article titled, "Intracellular Fluid" states that, "red blood cells, platelets and plasma proteins cannot pass through the walls of the capillaries." So which is it? This seems like a pretty fundamental error.

There's no error in either of those statements. A red blood cell can go through the capillary like water through a pipe. Small molecules like glucose and oxygen can diffuse across the membrane. However, larger molecules (ex. proteins) and cells (ex. red blood cells & white blood cells) cannot get across due to their size. Thanks for taking a look though. Albert109 22:37, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge
Since Intercellular Fluid, Tissue Fluid, and Interstitial Fluid all refer to the same thing, these all should refer to 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 05:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC) I think Tissue Fluid should be the one to be redirected to, but that it should be harvested and added to the info in Interstitial Fluid (which is more structured). NotStormwolf 19:13, 12 May 2006 (GMT) I believe that these two topics should not be merged due to the fact that tissue fluid refers to fluids in general outside of the intracellular system where as Interstitial fluid refers souly to the 11 litres in the extracellular fluid, rather then every type interacting with every type of system in the body. Not merging these two topics would simply the searching and understanding of the exact topic each discusses. Steven age 15 Canada.