Intercellular Junctions

Question 1

function on intercellular junctions

Answer 1

to link cells together into a functional unit

Question 2

3 types of junction

Answer 2

occluding/tight
anchoring/adherent
communicating/gap

Question 3

what is a junctional complex

Answer 3

close association of several types of junction

Question 4

occluding junctions function

Answer 4

make cells pack tightly and prevent diffusion

Question 5

anchoring junctions function

Answer 5

link submembrane actin bundles of adjacent cells

Question 6

communicating junctions

Answer 6

allow selective diffusion due to hundreds of pores