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.
e. _______________________ is a type of loose connective tissue that separates the cells of the body from the blood stream. It is a âgo-betweenâ for nutrients and wastes to leave and enter the blood stream on their way to and from the bodiesâ cells.