Q.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the columnar epithelium?

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a

Their nuclei are located at the base.

b

Made of a single thin layer of flattened cells with irregular boundaries.

c

It is composed of a single layer of tall and slender cells.

d

Free surface may have microvilli.

answer is B.

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Squamous epithelium has a thin layer of flattened cells with irregular boundaries. Columnar epithelium has pillar-like cells.

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