Why are epithelial membranes not very thick?
A) Epithelial tissues are required to support other cells growing on top of the tissue.
B) Epithelial tissues play a critical role in transport, and must be thin to allow diffusion to occur.
C) Epithelial tissues can only reach a certain thickness because their growth is constrained by microtubules inside the cell membrane.
D) Thick epithelial tissues would collapse due to the drying effect of the environment.
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