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ss7ja [257]
3 years ago
5

Why are tight junctions especially abundant in epitheliel cells? eg in the skin and intestines

Biology
1 answer:
Sunny_sXe [5.5K]3 years ago
3 0
Tight junctions hold the cells together as a rivet would in hardware so it can't be taken apart. This makes it so skin and intestines are very strong and don't break very often
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