Anatomy

Exudates and Transudates

Exudates are fluids, CELLS, or other cellular substances that are slowly discharged from BLOOD VESSELS usually from inflamed tissues. Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE of TISSUES. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or PROTEINS.

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Exudates are fluids, CELLS, or other cellular substances that are slowly discharged from BLOOD VESSELS usually from inflamed tissues. Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE of TISSUES. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or PROTEINS.

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  • Transudates and Exudates
  • Exudates
  • Transudates
  • Exudate
  • Transudate

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, radiation effects, virology.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Exudates and Transudates. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005122. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005122
  2. Exudates and Transudates. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70082366