Tissue fluid consists of water, ions, and dissolved gases and food substances, which is formed when blood is ultrafiltered from the capillaries into the intercellular spaces. The tissue fluid surrounds the body cells, facilitating the exchange of nutrients and waste materials. It helps bring oxygen and nutrients to cells and to remove waste products from them. As new tissue fluid is made, it replaces older fluid, which drains towards lymph vessels.
Lymph is a colorless fluid containing white blood cells, which bathes the tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream. It is essentially tissue fluid that has entered a lymphatic capillary. Lymph formation depends upon tissue fluid formation.
Tissue fluid ensures the supply of materials, nutrients, oxygen into the cells in tissues and organs, and removal of metabolic wastes from tissues. Lymph: Lymph is involved in the removal of metabolic wastes and infectious organisms from tissues.
