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Q: Which tissue would likely contain large amounts of gap junctions?
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Which tissue would likely contain large amounts of anchoring junctions?

stomach


What tissue does not contain significant amounts of protein?

nervous tissue


Which muscle tissue has gap junctions?

Smooth


What type of muscle tissue has neuromuscular junctions?

skeletal muscle


Allow spread of action potential between cardiac fibers?

Visceral Muscle Tissue or Visceral Smooth Tissue is a cardiac muscle. Its gap junctions allows actions that is likely to disseminate from one cell to another.


Does skeletal muscle have gap junctions?

No. It's the only type of muscle tissue that doesn't have gap junctions. Cardiac and smooth muscles have gap junctions.


How would the genetic inheritance of a gene producing abnormal gap junctions effect muscle tissue?

The genetic inheritance of a gene producing abnormal gap junctions may be harmful and may disrupt the structure of muscle tissue.


What type of junction will hold epithelial tissue?

Epithelial cells are bound together in sheets of tissue called epithelia. These sheets are held together through several types of interactions, including tight junctions, adherens, desmosomes, and gap junctions.


What will happen in certain tissues without tight junctions?

Without tight junctions in certain tissues, there would be a large amount of molecules freely flowing around the epithelial tissue. These junctions keep the cells in there safe from flowing through the epithelium.


Is protein present in large amounts in adipose tissue?

Adipose tissue is fat tissue, lipids are therefore present in large amounts.


Epithelial tissue that can stretch or is subjected to stress would have many tight junctions?

transitional epithelium


Why is the nucleus pushed to one side in adipose tissue?

Adipocytes contain a large droplet of lipid, which pushes the nucleus to the side of the cell.