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. A type of connective tissue in which the extracellular matrix is liquid and contains soluble proteins that aren't made by the cells of the tissue (exception: some leukocytes secrete gamma globulins, or antibodies).Muscular Tissue. Muscular tissue is composed of fibers (cells) that contract.lood. A type of connective tissue in which the extracellular matrix is liquid and contains soluble proteins that aren't made by the cells of the tissue (exception: some leukocytes secrete gamma globulins, or antibodies).