GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood is both a tissue and a fluid. It is a tissue because it is a collection of similarly specialized cells that serve particular functions. These cells are suspended in a liquid matrix which is called plasma, hence, the fluid matrix of blood is called plasma.

Detailed explanation-2: -plasma, also called blood plasma, the liquid portion of blood. Plasma serves as a transport medium for delivering nutrients to the cells of the various organs of the body and for transporting waste products derived from cellular metabolism to the kidneys, liver, and lungs for excretion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blood is one of the connective tissues. As a connective tissue, it consists of cells and cell fragments (formed elements) suspended in an intercellular matrix (plasma).

Detailed explanation-4: -Plasma is a straw coloured, viscous fluid forming matrix of the blood. Matrix is the ground substance of a tissue/ a non-living substance occupying space between cells. Water-90-92% plasma is water.