Question

Name the blood component which is viscous and straw-coloured fluid

Answer 1

Composition of the blood:

Blood is a fluid connective tissue. It consists of the fluid part called the plasma and the blood corpuscles.

Cellular components of blood: Erythrocytes (RBC;s) , Leucocytes (WBC’s) and Blood platelets.

Plasma is yellow, transparent and viscous.

Composition of plasma:

It is composed of $90\%$ water and the rest is composed of minerals like $Na$+,$Ca$++, $Cl$+ etc,plasma proteins like albumin, globulin, and clotting factors,dissolved gases like oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients like amino acids,glucose etc, excretory products like urea ,ammonia.

Final answer

Plasma