Desmosomal mitochondrial tethers: hamster December 18, 2017Desmosomal mitochondrial associations, Electron micrographs of liver, The cell: images, Ultimate order, the cellthankusc Two tiny mitochondria associations with a tangential section of a desmosome. Hepatocyte. 5893_2222. Not a particularly stunning micrograph, but sure documentation that mitochondria associate with desmosomes in hampster liver parenchymal cells.