MICROANATOMY

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSCOPY CELL BIOLOGY

CYTOSKELETON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gap junction is found in ____
A
Epithelial cells
B
Animal embryos
C
Heart muscle
D
B+C
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Smooth muscle–endothelium communication via gap junction. The smooth muscle cells and the endothelial cells can also be electrically and metabolically connected by gap junctions located at discrete points of contact between the two cell types at the myoendothelial junction (MEJ) (11, 46, 127, 166, 179, 209).

Detailed explanation-2: -A gap junction may also be called a nexus or macula communicans.

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