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Inter Cellular Junctions

<p>Jun 10, 2015 09:58 PM &nbsp;five types</p>

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tight junctions; &nbsp;&nbsp;restrict flow of fluid &nbsp;eg &nbsp;HCl &nbsp;(stomach, intest, bladder)

plasma membranes fused together;</p>

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adherens &nbsp;junctions; &nbsp;anchored by &nbsp;adhesion belts inside; anchored to a dense plaque;</p>

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desmosomes</p>

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hemidesmosomes; &nbsp;&nbsp;bind to basement membrane;</p>

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gap junctions: &nbsp;connexons: &nbsp;ions &nbsp;can flow &nbsp;and other sm molecules and electr pulses.</p>

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abund in muscle tissue;</p>

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