Fill in the blanks: (iii) Walls of capillaries consists of single layer of squamous cells.

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Solution: Epithelial.

Capillaries are the smallest of the three types of blood vessels.

They are also the thinnest; the walls of the capillaries are just one cell thick.

The cells are squamous epithelial cells.

The epithelial cells are polygonal in shape, large-sized with small round nuclei.

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Fill in the blanks: (iii) Walls of capillaries consists of single layer of squamous cells.

Solution: Epithelial. Capillaries are the smallest of the three types of blood vessels. They are also the thinnest; the walls of the capillaries are just one cell thick. The cells are squamous epithelial cells. The epithelial cells are polygonal in shape, large-sized with small round nuclei.

Solution: Epithelial.

Capillaries are the smallest of the three types of blood vessels.

They are also the thinnest; the walls of the capillaries are just one cell thick.

The cells are squamous epithelial cells.

The epithelial cells are polygonal in shape, large-sized with small round nuclei.