Caption: Small intestine villus. Two columnar epithelial cells with microvilli on surface. Note the junctional complexes where the cells are connected (terminal bar). Starting from the base of the microvilli the regions are -outer region: Zonula occludens (tight junction) -middle region: Zonula adherens -inner region: macula adherens (desmosome).
Magnification*: x6,480
Type: TEM
Keywords: 14628A.TIF columnar epithelial cell desmosome epithelia epithelium intestine junction complex macula adherens microvilli microvillus small intestine terminal bar villi villus zonula adherens zonula occludens TEM |

*(Magnifications are based on a 35mm slide image of 24mm in the narrow dimension.)