The size of a stone crab claw is considered to be the length of the propodus. The propodus is the larger, immovable part of the claw. Legal-sized (harvestable size) claws are 70 mm (2 3/4 inches) or greater in propodus length.
Blood is called a connective tissue because it carries with it many digestive substances, oxygen from lungs, foods from small intestines and provide it to other tissues and organs of the body.
Blood (400X). Blood is a connective tissue with a fluid matrix called plasma. Three basic types of cells are found suspended in plasma: The Erythrocytes (red blood cells) are pink with a light center (where the cell is thinner and the light shines through).lood (400X). Blood is a connective tissue with a fluid matrix called plasma. Three basic types of cells are found suspended in plasma: The Erythrocytes (red blood cells) are pink with a light center (where the cell is thinner and the light shines through).