If one of the functions of the capillaries is to supply body cells with oxygen and nutrients, you would expect the capillary walls to consist of

A. keratinized epithelium.
B. connective tissue.
C. simple columnar epithelium.
D. simple squamous epithelium.
E. stratified squamous epithelium.


D

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