A nurse is reviewing lab reports. The nurse recalls blood plasma is located in which of the fol-lowing fluid compartments?
a. Intracellular fluid (ICF)
b. Extracellular fluid (ECF)
c. Interstitial fluid
d. Intravascular fluid
ANS: D
Blood plasma is the intravascular fluid. ICF is fluid in the cells. ECF is all the fluid outside the cells. Interstitial fluid is fluid between the cells and outside the blood vessels.
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