Is blood considered to be a type of connective tissue?

Answer 1

Blood is considered a liquid connective tissue. All connective tissues have additional substances in their extracellular matrix, like ground substance, that when mixed in different ratios with the extracellular matrix can produce connective tissue such as blood, that is a liquid, or something much harder, bone.

Answer 2

Blood is regarded as a modified liquid connective tissue because:

1. The cellular elements in it are separated by a considerable amount of liquid intracellular substance called plasma. The cellular elements float freely in the plasma. Blood can be defined as the universal internal environment of the vertebrate body.

2. Embryologically, blood also originates from the mesoderm, just like other connective tissues.

3. Blood connects the entire parts of our body system with each other by transporting respiratory gases, nutrients, hormones and other signalling molecules, and by removing waste materials.

Answer 3

Yes, blood is a connective tissue .Connective tissue is one which is rich in intercellular substance or interlacing processes with little tendency for the cells to come together in sheets or masses.

Answer 4

Blood is a connective tissue because it connect through the body ,and also have fibers that are visible during blood clotting.

Answer 5

Blood is a connective tissue because it connect through the body ,and also have fibers that are visible during blood clotting.

Answer 6

Yes, it is considered a connective tissue, because it consists of blood cells surrounded by a nonliving fluid matrix called blood plasma.