Name the body fluid compartments, noting their locations and the approximate fluid volume in each.

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Hi everyone. Welcome back. Let's look at our next question. The fluid volume in which of the following compartments is the highest a plasma b, interstitial fluid c, extracellular fluid or D intracellular fluid. Well, there's a bit of overlap here because plasma and interstitial fluid are both types of extracellular fluid. Intracellular fluid is of course within cells inside itself, primarily in the cytoplasm of the cells, extracellular fluid, anything outside of cells plasma, of course is in the blood and interstitial fluid, the fluid in between the cellular space. And when we look at the volumes of these different types of fluid intracellular fluid makes up about 25 liters of volume. While in interstitial fluid, about 12 liters and plasma, much less about three liters. So even combined, the extracellular fluid is only about 15 liters and is less than intracellular fluid. So our answer is choice d intracellular fluid and the others all have less in volume than the water found inside or the fluid. Excuse me, found inside the cells. So choice D and your cellular fluid is our correct answer here. See you in the next video