Explain why blood is classified as a connective tissue

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Blood develops from mesenchyme which is the same embryonic tissue that develops into all the other types of connective tissue: Therefore it has both solid (cells) and liquid (extracellular) components. The formed elements (cells) are suspended in a nonliving fluid matrix (plasma).

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a) H b) G c) I d) E e) L

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During inflammation fluids will passively diffuse out of blood vessels into the nearby, infected tissues. This implies all of the following except ________

A) B-lymphocytes will differentiate to become plasma cells B) the surrounding tissue will swell with excessive fluids C) the osmolarity of the fluids surrounding infected tissue is higher than the plasma D) nearby capillaries have become more permeable

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In the diagram, what pH value represents an acidic solution?

a) 12 b) 10 c) 8 d) 6 e) None of these choices.

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Define amino acid pool and explain how the pool is maintained even though we excrete amino acids daily

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