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Why do we consider blood as a connective tissue?
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Solution
- Connective tissues have cells scattered throughout an extra-cellular matrix. They connect different body systems. Blood is considered a type of connective tissue for two reasons.
- Like the other connective tissues, blood is mesodermal in origin.
- It connects the body systems, transports oxygen and nutrients to all the parts of the body, and removes waste products. Blood has an extra-cellular matrix called plasma, with red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets floating in it.
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