Section 1.Cell junction Type Features Distribution Occluding Tight junction Closed chains Epithelia,brain junction between adjacent cell microvascular membranes endothelia Adhering junction Actin involved Anchoring Adhesion belt Cell-cell junction Epithelial cells junction Adhesion plaque Cell-ECM junction Basement of epithelia Desmosome IF involved junction Desmosome Cell-cell junction Myocardial and epithelia Hemidesmosome Cell-ECM junction Basement of epithelia Communicating Gap junction Connexon mediated Most cells junction communication Chemical synapse Synapse Neuron or Neuron-3 communication muscle This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information