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The cells are often bound to the extracellular matrix by proteins in the plasma membrane. The extracellular matrix is the structural support of tissue.
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Blood is a liquid connective tissue composed of cells and an extracellular matrix. The matrix being the plasma and the cells being erythrocytes (red blood cells), platelets, and 5 types of leukocyte (white blood cells).
it is called plasma.
The matrix of blood is called plasma
No. Blood contains a fluid extracelluar matrix called plasma, but blood cells do not because they are individual cells. Only tissues can have a matrix.
Another name for Calcium salts in bone is hydroxyapatite. The extracellular mix in blood called plasma is the matrix.
Blood is a connective tissue that has a liquid matrix.
This is a connective tissue called the lymphatic tissue!
What defines a connective tissue is living cells surrounded by a non-living extracellular matrix. The red and white blood cells are the living cells and the plasma they float in is the non-living extracellular matrix therefore blood is classified as a connective tissue.
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