A layer of glycoproteins and a network of fine protein filaments that prevents the movement of proteins and other large molecules from the connective tissue to epithelium describes

A) the basal lamina.
B) interfacial canals.
C) endothelium.
D) the reticular lamina.
E) areolar tissue.


A) the basal lamina.

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