CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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Collagen fibers
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Plasma
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Platelets
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Blood has no matrix.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The intercellular matrix of the blood is known as plasma. It is the blood’s liquid portion that comprises 91% of water and the rest of solutes and proteins. It comprises solutes such as nutrients, wastes, blood gases, electrolytes, and regulatory molecules.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fluid portion of whole blood, its matrix, is commonly called plasma.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The normal blood vessel wall contains several functionally distinct types of vascular matrices, including subendothelial basement membrane, intima, media, adventitia, and interstitial matrix.
Detailed explanation-5: -Fibroblasts can produce and secrete matrix components, matrix-degrading enzymes (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs).