Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)
Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285866932
Author: Lauralee Sherwood
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The three types of specialized cell junctions and their primary role.

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In the tissues where the cells are present in proximity to each other, the cell-adhesion molecules provide certain tissue cohesion as they combine the nearby cells with each other. However, some of the cells within the given kinds of tissues are directly associated via one of the three kinds of unique cell junctions, that is, the tight junctions, desmosomes, or the gap junctions.

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