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<h2 id="compartments-by-location">Compartments by location</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fluid_compartments/CYV4l60r">intracellular fluid</a> (ICF), which consist of <a href="/facts/Cytosol/VyXgygWm">cytosol</a> and fluids in the <a href="/facts/Cell_nucleus/D7sFRa3c">cell nucleus</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Extracellular_fluid/hzm4qatP">Extracellular fluid</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Blood_plasma/oHuwwugG">Intravascular fluid</a> (blood plasma)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Extracellular_fluid/hzm4qatP">Interstitial fluid</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lymph/SL1xvRhq">Lymphatic fluid</a> (sometimes included in interstitial fluid)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Extracellular_fluid/hzm4qatP">Transcellular fluid</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="health">Health</h2> <h3>Clinical samples</h3> <p>Clinical samples are generally defined as non-infectious human or animal materials including <a href="/facts/Blood/03zEulkj">blood</a>, <a href="/facts/Saliva/gK4nvayc">saliva</a>, <a href="/facts/Excreta/mspsTfnv">excreta</a>, <a href="/facts/Body_tissue/H7CpML7A">body tissue</a> and <a href="/facts/Tissue_fluid/hzm4qatP">tissue fluids</a>, and also <a href="/facts/Pharmaceuticals/h9mhwWP2">FDA-approved pharmaceuticals</a> that are <a href="/facts/Blood_products/2cNt9NmB">blood products</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In medical contexts, it is a specimen taken for <a href="/facts/Medical_diagnosis/J47rvb0p">diagnostic examination</a> or evaluation, and for identification of <a href="/facts/Disease/55eeQlGL">disease</a> or condition.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Basic_reproduction_number/xt6uzk7U">Basic reproduction number</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Blood-borne_disease/5bVxvvS7">Blood-borne diseases</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clinical_pathology/S08jcRvc">Clinical pathology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Humorism/4wdds36X">Humorism</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hygiene/zH17q0L0">Hygiene</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ritual_cleanliness/m0QPWCBj">Ritual cleanliness</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Paul Spinrad. (1999) <i>The RE/Search Guide to Bodily Fluids</i>. Juno Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-890451-04-5</li> <li>John Bourke. (1891) <i>Scatalogic Rites of All Nations</i>. Washington, D.C.: W.H. Lowdermilk.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>De Luca LA, Menani JV, Johnson AK (2014). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK200967/"><i>Neurobiology of Body Fluid Homeostasis: Transduction and Integration</i></a>. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781466506930.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"body fluid". Taber's online – Taber's medical dictionary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22. <a href="https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748149/all/fluid?q=body+fluid#4" target="_blank">https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748149/all/fluid?q=body+fluid#4</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The water in you". Howard Perlman. December 2016. <a href="https://water.usgs.gov/edu/propertyyou.html" target="_blank">https://water.usgs.gov/edu/propertyyou.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Lote, Christopher J. Principles of Renal Physiology, 5th edition. Springer. p. 2. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"body fluid". Taber's online – Taber's medical dictionary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22. <a href="https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748149/all/fluid?q=body+fluid#4" target="_blank">https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748149/all/fluid?q=body+fluid#4</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Santambrogio, Laura (2018). "The Lymphatic Fluid". International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. 337: 111–133. doi:10.1016/bs.ircmb.2017.12.002. ISBN 9780128151952. PMID 29551158. <a href="9780128151952" target="_blank">9780128151952</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Vesely, David L (2013). "Natriuretic Hormones". Seldin and Giebisch's the Kidney: 1241–1281. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-381462-3.00037-9. ISBN 9780123814623. <a href="9780123814623" target="_blank">9780123814623</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Liachovitzky, Carlos (2015). "Human Anatomy and Physiology Preparatory Course" (pdf). CUNY Bronx Community College. CUNY Academic Works. p. 69. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2021-06-22. <a href="https://academicworks.cuny.edu/bx_oers/1/" target="_blank">https://academicworks.cuny.edu/bx_oers/1/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Packaging Guidelines for Clinical Samples - Retrieved 7 August 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042829/http://www.fedex.com/us/packaging/guides/Clinical_fxcom.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042829/http://www.fedex.com/us/packaging/guides/Clinical_fxcom.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>specimen - The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 7 August 2014 <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/specimen" target="_blank">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/specimen</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>