Caption:
llustration of the location, component, and membrane relationships at the junctional complex between epithelial cells. At right is a detail of a gap junction. Microvilli (at top, purple); Zymogen granule (round circles, yellow); Intercellular canaliculus (pink); Desmosme, macula adherens (inset, light blue), Gap junction, nexus (inset, turquoise); Zonula adherens (inset, green); Zonula occludens (inset, above the Zonula adherens, turquoise); Basement lamina (bottom, brown).