FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE;
INTERCELLULAR BRIDGES



Squamous cells exhibit intercellular bridges (green arrowheads). which are formed among the numerous interdigitating plasma membranes of squamous cells. Desmosomes (blue arrowheads) and the tonofilaments (red arrowheads) bind neighboring cells together.

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