Name the site of exchange of material between the blood and the surrounding cells.

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The site of exchange of materials between blood and the surrounding cells is capillaries. Blood capillaries are the smallest vessels and are only one cell thick. Hence, exchange of materials can easily occur by diffusion across the membranes of blood capillaries.

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