What is the smallest fluid subcompartment of extracellular water?
a. Interstitial
b. Intraorganelle
c. Intravascular
d. Transcellular
ANS: D
Extracellular water is found in three subcompartments: (1) intravascular water (plasma), (2) inter-stitial water, and (3) transcellular fluid. Intravascular water makes up approximately 5% of the body weight. Interstitial water is water in the tissues between the cells. It makes up approxi-mately 15% of the body weight. Transcellular fluid is quite small in proportion to plasma and in-terstitial fluid.
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