What is the best description of connective tissue? Choose one: A. All of its cells associate via cadherins in their plasma membrane .B. All of its cells rest on a basal lamina. C. All of its cells are electrically connected via gap junctions .D. All of its cells are sparsely distributed in the extracellular matrix.
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