MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood is a fluid connective tissue that consists of plasma, blood cells and platelets. It circulates throughout our body delivering oxygen and nutrients to various cells and tissues.

Detailed explanation-2: -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). Blood is the only liquid tissue in the body that measures about 5 liters in the adult human and accounts for 8 percent of the body weight.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blood is called as fluid connective tissue as it has a liquid matrix called plasma where cellular components like RBCs, WBCs and platelets are suspended in it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blood is fluid connective tissues. The main function of fluid connective tissue are binding, protecting and connecting together different organs of the body. Blood has these qualities that’s why we called them connective tissue.