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Cell Junctions
Cell Junctions
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Physiology
Undergraduate 3
09/17/2012
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Collagen
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Flexible, nonelastic fibers, provides tensile strength
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Elastin
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rubbery protein fiber, found in stretchy, recoil tissue
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Fibronectin
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cell adhesion
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Desmosomes
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Connects two nontouching but adjacent cells; found in stretchy tissue
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Tight Junctions
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direct contact of cell; found in epithelial tissue; regulated transport
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Gap Junction
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linked by small tunnels by connexons; found in cardiac muscle, and non-muscle tissue, used by signaling molecules
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heat, light, pressure
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