HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
BODY FLUIDS AND CIRCULATION
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Consists of a fluid matrix (Plasma)
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Has formed elements
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Is the most commonly used body fluid by most of the higher organisms
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Examples of specialized connective tissues are adipose tissue, cartilage, bone, blood, and lymph.
Detailed explanation-3: -Blood is a fluid connective tissue.
Detailed explanation-4: -Connective tissues are classified into four classes: BLOOD, BONE, CARTILAGE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER.
Detailed explanation-5: -BLOOD: It is considered a connective tissue, because it consists of blood cells surrounded by a nonliving fluid matrix called blood plasma. It is the most atypical connective tissue: the fibers of blood are soluble protein molecules that become visible during blood clotting.