mhuka dzose dzakasikwa nemasero, dzakapoteredzwa ne extracellular matrix yakaumbwa ne collagen uye elastic glycoproteins. Panguva yekukura, mhuka extracellular matrix inoumba chimiro chakapfava apo masero anogona kufamba uye kugadziriswazve, zvichiita kuti kuumbwa kwezvinhu zvakaoma zvive nyore. Izvi zvinogona kuve calcified, kuumba zvivako zvakadai semakwenzi, mapfupa, uye spicules. Kusiyana neizvi, masero emamwe maseru akawanda (kunyanya algae, zvirimwa, uye fungi) anochengetwa panzvimbo nemasero emadziro, uye saka anovandudzwa nekukura kunowedzera. Masero emhuka ane zvisikwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvinonzi tight junctions, gap junctions, uye desmosomes.
collagen uye elastic glycoproteins