Fluid Connective Tissue (Vascular)

Fluid connective tissue (Vascular) consists of blood and lymph, the two fluid connective tissues found circulating through the body of an animal. Unlike the other connective tissues described in this chapter, their matrix is liquid (plasma/lymph) rather than solid or semisolid. Their detailed structure and function are taken up in the chapter 'Circulation' in Class XII. Connective tissue as a whole is classified by the nature of its matrix into three groups -- connective tissue proper (such as areolar and adipose tissue), supporting connective tissue (cartilage and bone), and this fluid connective tissue -- and, like the other two groups, blood and lymph still bind, support and protect the bod …