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Cells lining the blood capillaries are called______.


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Oxyntic cells

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Endothelial cells

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Parietal cells

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Haemocytes

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Solution

The correct option is B

Endothelial cells


Endothelium is a type of epithelium that lines the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood or lymph in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. It is a thin layer of simple squamous cells calledendothelial cells.

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