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The capillary is the only blood vessel where things can be exchanged because it is so thin (one cell thick). Capillaries have a single cell layer of squamous epithilium.

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Nutrients and oxygen are exchanged for carbon dioxide and wastes at tiny blood vessels called the capillaries. These are found with many other capillaries in a capillary bed.

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