AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    The cell membranes of adjacent cells are fused at this cell junction.

    A)  Macula adherens           

    B)  Zonula adherens

    C)  Zonula occludens           

    D)  Nexus

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Tight junctions or zonula occludens, are the closely associated areas of two cells, whose membranes join together forming a virtually impermeable barrier to fluid. It is a type of junctional complex present only in vertebrates. The corresponding junction that occur in invertebrates are septate junctions.


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