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.
Gap junctions
Gap junction
Gap junction
Communication Junction Desmasomes/Anchor Junction Gap Junction
Cardiac muscle fibres contain GAP JUNCTION in the intercalated disc which makes them to function as a FUNCTIONAL SYNCYTIUM
gap junction
Function at the Junction was created in 1977-05.
To provide a place for the spark to happen.
The channel between animal cells is called a gap junction. Gap junctions allow for the direct exchange of ions and small molecules between adjacent cells, facilitating communication and coordination within tissues.
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,
The gap junction is the component of the intercalated disc that provides intercellular communication essential for myocardial cells to function as a syncytium. Gap junctions allow for the passage of ions and small molecules between adjacent cardiac muscle cells, synchronizing their electrical and mechanical activities.
Gap junction