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.
Functions of Blood and Its Components Blood is basically a type of a connective tissue which is found in the human body in fluid state. It is made up of plasma which is a highly viscous liquid and 3 different types of blood cells that are floating around in it.