Lab 2

Question 1

dorsal

Answer 1

of, on, or relating to the upper side or back of an animal, plant, or organ

Question 2

ventral

Answer 2

of, on, or relating to the underside of an animal or plant; abdominal

Question 3

cranial

Answer 3

relating to the skull or cranium

Question 4

rostral

Answer 4

situated or occurring near the front end of the body

Question 5

thorax

Answer 5

chest region of the body between the neck and the abdomen

Question 6

palmar

Answer 6

relating to the palm of the hand

Question 7

plantar

Answer 7

relating to the sole

Question 8

desmosome

Answer 8

specialized and highly ordered membrane domains that mediate cell-cell contact and strong adhesion

Question 9

caudal

Answer 9

at or near the tail or the posterior part of the body

Question 10

tight (occluding) junction

Answer 10

cell junction that seals the space between cells of an epithelium in such a way that it creates a barrier

Question 11

adherens (anchoring) junction

Answer 11

element of the cell-cell junction in which cadherin receptors bridge the neighboring plasma membranes via their homophilic interactions

Question 12

gap (communicating) junction

Answer 12

clusters of intercellular channels that allow direct diffusion of ions and small molecules between adjacent cells