AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1997

  • question_answer
    Desmosomes are

    A)  a special type of chromosomes

    B)  a cell organelle

    C)  cell junction of connective tissue

    D)  cell junction of epithelial tissue.

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    : Desmosomes (macula adherence) are the disc-like or button-like intercellular junctions of adjacent epithelial cells. The electron-dense plaques upon cytoplasmic faces of plasma membranes in these junctions are much thicker. Also, the microfilaments extending into cytoplasm from these plaques are not of actin, but of keratin like protein, and these are called tonofibrils.


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