NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

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: -Blood is a highly specialized, fluid tissue. All of the several blood cell types originate in the connective tissue of bone marrow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blood is both a tissue and a fluid. It is a tissue because it is a collection of similar specialized cells that serve particular functions. These cells are suspended in a liquid matrix (plasma), which makes the blood a fluid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blood is considered a connective tissue because it has a matrix. The cellular components of blood are red blood cells, also called erythrocytes, white blood cells also called leukocytes and platelets. The fluid portion of whole blood, its matrix, is commonly called plasma.