Capillary walls are only one cell thick because they
- Allow easy exchange of materials with tissues
- Must withstand the high pressure from the aorta
- Need to store extra blood for emergency use
- Must pump blood against gravity in the legs
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Correct answer: A. Allow easy exchange of materials with tissues
1. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels.
2. Their wall is a single layer of endothelial cells.
3. This thin wall lets gases, nutrients and wastes diffuse easily.
4. So option A is correct.
_Source: Selina Concise Biology Class 10, Ch 7 The Circulatory System (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on capillaries_