fascia adherens

A similar cell junction in non-epithelial cells is the fascia adherens.

Fascia adherens are anchoring sites for actin, and connect to the closest sarcomere.

These represent an amalgamation of typical desmosomal and fascia adherens proteins (in contrast to various epithelia).

In anatomy Fascia Adherens are ribbon like structures that stabilizes non-epithelial tissue.

Three types of adhering junctions make up an intercalated disc - fascia adherens, macula adherens and gap junctions.

IDs are described to consist of three different types of cell-cell junctions: the actin filament anchoring adherens junctions (fascia adherens), the intermediate filament anchoring desmosomes (macula adherens) and gap junctions.