Plasma is not
A) a dilute solution of ions and dissolved organic molecules.
B) the fluid portion of blood.
C) a subdivision of the ECF.
D) considered an extracellular matrix.
E) a sticky solution containing glycoproteins and proteoglycans.

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Plasma is not a sticky solution containing glycoproteins and proteoglycans; this description is more characteristic of the extracellular matrix, not plasma. Plasma is indeed a dilute solution of ions and dissolved organic molecules, the fluid portion of blood, a subdivision of the ECF, and considered an extracellular matrix.

Plasma Is Not