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The clear liquid part of the blood is called plasma, and it is the base for red and white blood cells to travel in.

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Q: Red blood cells float in what watery part of the body is called?
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Cells float in a watery medium called?

I think it's plasma. Hope that helps.


What watery medium do cells float in?

Cytoplasm.


What is the name of liquid in circulatory system?

There is Blood, but what the red blood cells float in is called Plasma.


What makes up more than half of your blood?

Blood is a mixture of cells and a watery liquid, called plasma, that the cells float in. It also contains other things like nutrients (such as sugar), hormones, clotting agents, and waste products to be flushed out of the body.


What are the components of blood and their functions?

red blood cells transport oxygen, nutrients throughout the body white blood cells help to prevent and fight infection/disease platelets needed for blood clotting plasma the liquid watery part of blood in which the above components float


What you say the liquid in which the red and white blood cells float?

blood plasma


What are the parts of the blood and what are their functions?

There are 3 main groups of cells in the blood; erythrocytes (red blood cells,) leukocytes (white blood cells,) and thrombocytes (platelet cells.) Erythrocytes carry oxygen to all of the parts of the body. Leukocytes fight germs in the blood and lymph. Thrombocytes stick together to form a clot when a person is bleeding. The liquid part of the blood where all of the cells float in is called plasma.


Is blood thicker than oil?

Yes. Because the Blood cells that float in blood are very mushie and oil is very thick.


Does plasma contain the bloods WBC?

No, white blood cells are in the plasma and are part of the immune system response to infection and foreign substances in the body. Plasma is the liquid aspect of the blood that the red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets float in.


What is the fluid that the blood cells float in called What are the three types of blood cells and what are their respective functions?

Hmm well the first one is plasma- 55% of blood tissue I believe. Red Blood Cell-Delivers oxygen to body tissue White Blood Cell-Defends body against foreign materials and disease Platelets-Heals cuts (forms blood clots)


Which blood is called connective 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.


What is the watery environment that the DNA and ribosomes float within?

You might be looking for the cytoplasm, which is the main "liquid" jelly-like substance in cells. Ribosomes do float in the cytoplasm, but DNA is stored in the nucleus, and the nucleus of the cell is in the cytoplasm, but not the DNA itself. The cytoplasm is the main site of chemical reactions within the cell.