Describe the appearance of simple columnar epithelial cells in a sectional view.
A)They appear flat and look like a cracked egg with the nucleus on top.
B)They appear spherical with the nucleus in the middle.
C)They appear columnar with an elongated nucleus close to the basement membrane.
D)They appear like a cube,as tall as they are wide,with the nucleus centered in the middle of the cell.
E)They appear like rounded fluffy cells with the nucleus placed irregularly in the cell.

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Simple columnar epithelial cells appear elongated and column-like, with the nucleus positioned closer to the basement membrane (bottom of the cell) and oriented vertically along the long axis of the cell.

Describe the Appearance of Simple Columnar Epithelial Cells in a Sectional