intercellular bridge

intercellular bridge
a structure seen especially in the prickle cell layer of the epidermis, formed by the meeting of short cytoplasmic projections from the cell surface of adjacent cells. It was formerly thought to constitute a bridge for cytoplasmic continuity between cells, but it is now known to be an artifact caused by dehydration during fixation, representing a desmosome in which are terminated the projections from each cell.

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