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.
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Gap junctions
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
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Function at the Junction was created in 1977-05.
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.
To provide a place for the spark to happen.
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.
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,
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