3 cell types Flashcards
1
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what are the 3
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parenchymA cellenchyma sclerenchyma
2
Q
parenchyma functions
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1 store starch oils water 2 photosynethsis 3 fruit flesh 4 ability to divide whole life to important in healing& regeneration
3
Q
parenchyma
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most common type of cell thin walls and large vacuoles fruit flesh
4
Q
collenchyma
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thin or thick cell walls-allowing plant to grow and giving support -grow in strands (like celery) -no lignin-so stretchy and flexible -found in young tissues of leaves and shoots
5
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sclerenchyma
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strongest -thick rigid cell walls (2 cell walls)’ -die when reach maturity, leaving cell walls - -found in fruit pits outer shell of nuts-gritty texture of pears