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The vector involved in African sleeping sickness is the ______.
Basement Membrane
A thin layer of extracellular matrix that separates epithelial or endothelial cells from the underlying connective tissue, providing support and regulation.
Hemidesmosomes
Specialized cell structures involved in the attachment of a cell to the extracellular matrix or basement membrane.
Adhesion Belt
A structure within epithelial cells, made of cadherin proteins, that helps in cell-cell adhesion, maintaining the structural integrity of tissues.
Contraction
The process in which muscle fibers shorten in length, resulting in movement or force generation.
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