Match the cell adhesion or junction on the left with the appropriate choice on the right.

Question

A) protein subunits associated with gap junctions
B) a type of adhesive junction connecting an epithelial cell to the basal lamina
C) collection of fibrous intracellular attachment proteins
D) create a permeability barrier
E) button-like points of strong adhesion between two cells
F) hollow cylinders associated with gap junctions
G) type of adherens junction connecting cells with the extracellular matrix
H) intermediate filaments associated with plaques
I) collection of adherens junctions particularly associated with epithelial cells
J) type of adhesive junction containing actin microfilaments
K) specialized modifications of the cell membrane in which two cells come together in multicellular organisms
L) point of cytoplasmic contact between two cells
M) anchors cytoskeleton of one cell with that of a neighboring cell

1) adherens junction
2) desmosome
3) cell junctions
4) connexons
5) plaque
6) tonofilaments
7) hemidesmosomes
8) adhesion belt
9) adhesive junction
10) tight junctions
11) connexin
12) gap junction
13) focal contact

Answer 1

1 J) type of adhesive junction containing actin microfilaments
2 E) button-like points of strong adhesion between two cells
3 K) specialized modifications of the cell membrane in which two cells come together in multicellular organisms
4 F) hollow cylinders associated with gap junctions
5 C) collection of fibrous intracellular attachment proteins
6 H) intermediate filaments associated with plaques
7 B) a type of adhesive junction connecting an epithelial cell to the basal lamina
8 I) collection of adherens junctions particularly associated with epithelial cells
9 M) anchors cytoskeleton
10 D) create a permeability barrier
11 A) protein subunits associated with gap junctions
12 L) point of cytoplasmic contact between two cells
13 G) type of adherens junction connecting cells with the extracellular matrix