Abstract
Within the individual body, all cells in various organs and tissues are bathed in the interstitial fluid which is collected via the lymphatic system to be poured into the bloodstream (Chap. 1). The source of the body fluids of the interstitial space is the water absorbed from the environment by the energy-requiring transport system of the intestinal epithelial mucosal cells plus plasma components of the blood which infiltrate beyond the endothelial barrier of the blood capillaries. Blood cells with migrating activity, accompany this infiltration under normal conditions. Some of them are fixed to the tissue, but others circulate along with the flow and the body fluids and reenter the closed circulation system of the bloodstream.
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Wake, A., Morgan, H.R. (1986). The Nonspecific Humoral Components. In: Host-Parasite Relationships and the Yersinia Model. Springer Series in Molecular Biology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71344-6_13
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