Please Explain Completely Why would Lymph and interstitial f

Please Explain Completely

Why would Lymph and interstitial fluid seem quite similar to each other ?

Solution

The composition of Lymph and Interstitial fluids are similar.

Their composition is similar to that of blood plasma and may differ slightly. They both have with blood cells especially Lymphocytes.They consists of a water solvent containing sugars, salts, fatty acids, amino acids, coenzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, white blood cells and waste products from the cell.This water solvent accounts for 26% of the water in the human body

Fluid that is forced out of the capillary walls and into the intercellular spaces is known as interstitial fluid. Approximately 90% of this interstitial fluid flows back into the venous end of the capillaries where hydrostatic pressure is low and osmotic pressure is high.

The remaining 10% enters the lymphatic capillaries and is called lymph.

Both interstitial fluid and lymph are similar in composition to blood plasma, except that they do not contain any of the larger components such as red blood cells, platelets and plasma proteins, as these are too large to pass through the capillary walls. The thing that sets these two fluids apart are their location. Nevertheless, they both form the internal environment of the human body