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. 1  Blood is a connective tissue. 2  Blood is made of a liquid matrix called plasma and 3 types of formed elements (cells or cell fragments). 3  There are no visible fibers in plasma, but there are proteins that can be converted to fibers under certain conditions (e.g. blood vessel damage).lood. 1  Blood is a connective tissue. 2  Blood is made of a liquid matrix called plasma and 3 types of formed elements (cells or cell fragments). 3  There are no visible fibers in plasma, but there are proteins that can be converted to fibers under certain conditions (e.g. blood vessel damage).