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They allow the propagation of electrical impulses across the myocardium.
They are responsible for electrochemical and metabolic coupling. They allow action potentials to spread between cardic cells by permitting the passage of ions between cells, producing depolarization of the heart muscle.
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Junction type that allows neighboring cells to exchange small molecules?
Gap Junction
What is the channel between animal cells?
Gap junction aka nexus
Which structures form connection for support and communication between like cells?
Gap junction
What type of membrane junction allows ions to pass directly from cell to cell?
Gap junctions
What is cell to cell junction called?
Gap junction
What are the three types of the cellular junction?
Communication Junction Desmasomes/Anchor Junction Gap Junction
What function does gap junction provide?
The main function of a gap junction is to allow the transmission of electrical impulses among cells. These transmissions come from neighboring cells and they would not be able to communicate without a gap junction.
The type of intercellular junction that forms tubular channels is a?
gap junction
An example of a gap junction is?
heart
A junction that is a protein channel linking the cytoplasms of adjacent cells is called?
a gap junction
What are three types of extracellular junctions?
Within the multicellular organism tissues, a cell junction occurs. Animals have four kinds of intercellular junctions which are gap junction, desmosomes, adherens junction and tight junction,
Difference between gap junction and tight junction?
A gap junction is a '' tunnel '' between cells in which messages and nutrients can be passed back and forth. A tight junction is the connection between two cells that is strongly '' sown '' with protein threads to help maintain tissue conformation.
