Match the following characteristicsdescriptions of a cell wi

Match the following characteristics/descriptions of a cell with the appropriate surface of the cell. So each as either Lateral Layer, Basal Layer or Apical Layer..

Free and open to the lumen or other open space

Attached to the connective tissue by the basement membrane

Epithelial cell returns water to the ground substance of connective tissue

Cell firmly held to neighboring cells by desmosomes

Solution

Answer:

Lateral layer--Cell firmly held to neighboring cells by desmosomes.

Basal layer---Attached to the connective tissue by the basement membrane

Basal layer---Epithelial cell returns water to the ground substance of connective tissue

Apical layer----Free and open to the lumen or other open space