Identify the various types of epithelial intercellular connections

A) tight junctions, adhesion belts, gap junctions, and desmosomes
B) tight junctions, sinusoids, intercellular clefts, and fenestrations
C) hemidesmosomes, desmosomes, connexons, and fenestrations
D) connexons, synapses, receptors, and sarcolemma
E) gap junctions, nodes of Ranvier, canaliculi, and synapses


Answer: A

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