Cardiac Muscle Cells Have Gap Junctions Between Adjacent Cells

question 151

Multiple Choice

Cardiac muscle cells have gap junctions between adjacent cells. What is the function of those gap junctions?

• A)They maintain isotonic conditions.
• B)They facilitate cell-cell adhesion.
• C)They are involved in cell-cell signaling of the cells of the heart.
• D)They make nutrients, like glucose, readily available to the muscle cells of the entire heart.

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