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Cells > Cellular Structures > Extracellular Space
Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space

Preferred term

Extracellular Space  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Interstitial space between cells, occupied by INTERSTITIAL FLUID as well as amorphous and fibrous substances. For organisms with a CELL WALL, the extracellular space includes everything outside of the CELL MEMBRANE including the PERIPLASM and the cell wall.

Entry terms

  • Intercellular Space

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