Lymph capillaries differ from blood capillaries in all of the following ways except that
A) they are more permeable than most blood capillaries.
B) they carry lymph instead of blood.
C) they are blind-ended.
D) their walls consist of endothelial cells.

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Both lymph capillaries and blood capillaries are composed of endothelial cells. The differences lie in their permeability and what they carry. Lymph capillaries are more permeable than most blood capillaries and they carry lymph instead of blood. Lymph capillaries are also blind-ended, meaning they do not form continuous circuits like blood capillaries do.

Lymph Capillaries Differ from Blood Capillaries in All of the Following