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How are blood plasma extracellular fluid and lymph interrelated.

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A drop of plasma can become a drop of extracellular fluid and then a drop of lymph. Pressure in capillaries forces blood plasma out of the capillaries and into interstitial spaces. The fluid, now called interstitial fluid, becomes lymph as it flows into lymphatic vessels. These vessels return the lymph to the blood at the subclavian veins.

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