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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol. 1986 Apr;250(4 Pt 2):H539–H545. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.1986.250.4.H539
A Arterial
B Blood
C or cap Capillary, or the region of blood-tissue ex-
 change
cell Cell
D Diffusive, or indicating a permeant tracer
ECF Extracellular fluid
F Flow or filtration
i,j Indices in series or summations or elements
 of arrays
in or i Into or inside or inflow
ISF or I Interstitial fluid space, the
 extravascular extracellular fluid
m Membrane
out or o Out of or outside or outflow
P Plasma
RBC Red blood cell
R Reference, nonpermeant tracer
S Solute
T Total
v Venous
W Water