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Plant Structure, Growth and Development in Plants
Intro to Plant structure
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/06/2010

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Tissue
Definition
groups of cells with a common fuction
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Plant cell types
Definition
Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma
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Organ
Definition
Conists of several types of tissues that together carry out particular functions
Term
Parenchyma
Definition
Thin primary walls. Most metabolic activity. Synthesis and storage. Least differentiated. Lack secondary cell walls. Large central vacuole. Isodiametric.
Term
Collenchyma cells
Definition
Young stems/petioles. Found in strings of celery stalk. Lack secondary cell wall. Living and flexible.
Term
Sclerenchyma
Definition
Thick secondary walls that are lignified. More rigid. Cannot elongate. Very specialized/dead at maturity.
Term
What makes up the vascuar system?
Definition
Xylem and phloem
Term
Xylem
Definition
Tracheids/vessel elements
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Tracheids
(Xylem)
Definition
Found in almost all vascular plants. Long thin cells with tapered ends. Water moves from cell to cel mainly through the pits. Lignified.
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Vessel elements
(Xylem)
Definition
Wider, shorter, thinner. Form vessels that transport H20 through perforation plates.
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Phloem
Definition
Sieve cells
Companion cells
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What does the Phloem transport
Definition
Sugars
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Are Tracheids and vessel elements alive at maturity?
Definition
No, only sugar conducting cells of phloem are alive at maturity
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Simple tissues
Definition
Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma
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Complex tissues
Definition
Xylem, phloem, epidermal.
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Types of Tissues
Definition
Dermal tissue, ground tissue, vascular
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Dermal Tissue system
Definition
epidermal layer. Primary function: Protection. Usually no chloroplast. 1 cell layer thick. guard cells. Each organ has one.
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Example of Dermal tissue
Definition
Trichomes. Hairlike outgrowth of he shoot epidermis.
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Ground tissue
Definition
Photosyntheis, support, storage
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Pith
Definition
Ground tissue that is internal to vascular tissue
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Cortex
Definition
Ground tissue that is external to vascular system
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Specializations of the Parenchyma
Definition
Colenchyma, storage, transfer cells
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Chlorenchyma
Definition
Plant tissue consisting of parenchma cells that contain chloroplasts
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