Chapter 5 - ANATOMY Of Flowering Plants Flashcards
Tissues are classified into 2 groups - __________ and permanent .
Meristematic
Growth in plants is largely restricted to specialised regions of active cell division called _________ .
Meristems
The meristems that occur at the tip of roots and shoots and produce _________ are called APICAL MERISTEMS .
PRIMARY TISSUES
During the elongation of stem , some cells left behind from _________ constitute the axillary bud .
Shoot apical meristem
The meristem that occurs between mature tissues is known as _______ .
Intercallary meristem
_______ occur in grasses and regenerate parts removed by herbivores .
Intercallary meristems
______ and ________ are primary meristems because they appear early in the life of a plant and contribute to the primary plant body .
1 Apical meristem
2 intercallary meristem
The meristem that occurs in the mature regions of roots and shoots and produce woody axis -
Secondary or lateral meristem
_________ are cylindrical meristems .
Secondary or lateral
Fascilcular vascular cambium , interfascicular cambium and cork cambium produce ________ tissues .
Secondary tissues (becoz they are secondary cambiums)
Following divisions of cells in both ___________ and _______ meristems , the newly formed cells become specialised and loose the ability to divide and are called PERMANENT OR MATURE CELLS .
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
During the formation of the primary plant body , specific regions of _________ produce dermal tissues , ground tissues and vascular tissues .
Apical meristem
Permanent tissues are divided onto _______ and _____ tissues .
Simple and complex
Permanent tissues having many different types of cells are called _________ .
Complex tissues
A simple tissue is made of how many types of cells -
Only 1
Parenchyma , collenchyma and sclerenchyma are __________permanent tissues .
Simple
Parenchyma forms the major component within ________ .
Organs
The cells of _______ are generally isodiametric ( maybe spherical ,oval , round , polygonal or elongated )
Parenchyma
The walls of parenchyma are ______ and made up of ______ .
Thin
Cellulose
Parenchyma have _______ intercellular spaces .
Small
The 3 functions performed by parenchyma are -
Photosynthesis
Storage
Secretion
The _______ occurs in layers BELOW THE EPIDERMIS in most o dicots .
Collenchyma
Collenchyma is found below the epidermis as a _________ layer or in ______.
Homogenous
Patches
Cells of collenchyma are much thickened at the corners dur to deposition of -
Cellulose
Hemicellulose
Pectin
___________ cells may be oval spherical or polygonal and often contain chloroplast .( out of simple permanent tissue cells )
Collenchymatous
Chollenchymatous cells assimilate food when they contain _______
Chloroplasts
They provide mechanical support to growing parts of the plants such as YOUNG STEMS AND PETIOLE OF A LEAF .
Collenchyma
______ consists of long, narrow cells with thick and lignified cell walls having few or numerous pits -
Sclerenchyma
Amount of pits present in sclerenchyma -
Few or numerous
Sclerenchyma are usually _____ and ________ protoplast .
Dead
Without
Out of fibres and sclerenchyma , high generally occur in groups .
Fibres
On the basis of variation in _____ , _____ , _______ and _____ ,sclerenchyma may either be fibres or sclereids .
Form
Structure
Origin
Development
Fibres are ______ walled , elongated and pointed generally occurring in ______ .
Thick
Groups
Sclereids are spherical ,oval or cylindrical , highly _________ dead cells with very _________ lumen (cavities ) .
Thickened
Narrow
Sclerenchyma are commonly found in ____________ of nuts , _______ of fruits like guava , pear and sapota , _________ of legumes and _______ of tea .
Fruit wall of nuts
Pulp of fruits
Seed coat of legumes
Leaves of tea
Name 3 fruits whose pulp consists of sclerenchyma .
Guava
Sapota
Pear
_____ and ________ constitute the complex tissues .
Xylem ad phloem
Function of sclerenchyma -
Provides mechanical support to organs
Xylem also provides _________ to plant parts .
Mechanical strength
The 4 xylem elements are -
Tracheids
Vessels
Xylem fibres
Xylem parenchyma
_______ lack vessels in their xylem .
Gymnosperms
___________ of xylem are ELONGATED OR TUBE LIKE CELLS WITH THICK AND LIGNIFIED WALLS AND TAPERING ENDS .
TRACHEIDS
Tracheids are living /dead -
Dead
In angiosperms _______ and _______ are the main water transporting elements .
Tracheids
Vessels
Vessel i a long cylindrical tube-like structure made up of many cells called _________ .
Vessel members
Vessel members have ________ walls and ________ central cavity .
Lignified
Large
Vessels have protoplasm . T/F
F . They are devoid of protoplasm -dead
__________ are interconnected through perforations in their common walls .
Vessel members
Presence of ________ is a characteristic feature of angiosperms .
Vessels
Xylem _____ have highly thickened walls and obliterated central lump .
Fibres
_______ may either be septate or aseptate .
Xylem fibres
Xylem ________ are living and thin -walled .
Parenchyma
Cell walls of xylem parenchyma are made up of -
Cellulose
Xylem _______ store food materials in the form of starch or fat and other substances like tannins .
Parenchyma -becoz they are the only living xylem element
The radial conduction of water takes place by _______ cells .
Ray parenchymatous
Perforations are present in which xylem element .
Vessels
Which have more diameter -vessels/tracheids -
Vessels
Primary xylem is of 2 types -________ and _________ .
Protoxylem
Metaxylem
The later formed primary xylem is called -
Metaxylem
In stems which type of primary xylem is found -
Endarch - centrifugal ( inside -> outside )
Protoxylem -inside
Metaxylem -periphery
In roots , which primary xylem type is found -
Exarch - centripetal ( outside ->inside )
Proto - periphery
Meta -centre
4 phloem elements are -
Sieve tube elements
Companion cells
Phloem parenchyma
phloem fibres
Gymnosperms lack _________ and ____________ . ( phloem elements )
Serve tubes
Companion cells
Instead of sieve tubes and companion cells , GYMNOSPERMS HAVE ___________ AND _________ .
Albuminous cells
Sieve cells
__________ are long , tube-like structures , arranges longitudinally and are associated with the companion cells .
Sieve TUBE elements
The end walls of which phloem element are perforated ?
Sieve tube elements
A mature sieve element possesses a __________ cytoplasm and a ________ VACUOLE but lacks a nucleus .
Peripheral
Large
Phloem element which lacks a nucleus -
Sieve tube
Has a large vacuole
The functions of sieve tube are controlled by nucleus of ________ .
Companion cells
The companion cells are specialised ________ cells .
Parenchymatous
The sieve tube elements and companion cells are connected by ____________ .
PIT FIELDS present between their common LONGITUDINAL WALLS
The companion cells help in maintaining _______ in sieve tubes .
Pressure gradient
Phloem _________ are made of tapering , cylindrical cells which have DENSE CYTOPLASM and NUCLEUS .
PARENCHYMA
The cell wall of phloem parenchyma is composed of _________ .
Cellulose
Phloem PARENCHYMA has cell wall with pits though which __________ exist between the cells .
Plasmodesmatal connections
Phloem _______ stores food materials and resin , latex and mucilage .
Parenchyma
Phloem _______ is absent in most MONOCOTS .
PARENCHYMA
Bast fibre is the other name for -
Phloem fibres
Phloem fibres are made up of __________ cells .
Sclerenchymatous
Phloem _________ are generally absent in primary phloem but are present in secondary phloem .
Fibres
These are much elongated , unbranched and have pointed , needle like apices -
(Among phloem elements )
Phloem fibres
At maturity , phloem ________ lose their protoplasm and become dead .
Fibres
Phloem fibres of _____,_____ and ______ are used commercially .
Jute
Flax
Hemp
On what basis is the classification of tissue system done ?
On the basis of STRUCTURE and LOCATION of the tissues .
3 types of tissue systems -
Epidermal
Ground / fundamental
Vascular /conducting
Which tissue system is also called GROUND TISSUE system -
Fundamental
Epidermal tissue system comprises ________ cells , _________ and the _______ appendages ( trichinosis and hairs ) .
Epidermal
Stomata
Epidermal
Stomata is mainly present in which tissue system -
Epidermal
Name the epidermal appendages of epidermal tissue system -
Trichomes
Hairs
The epidermis the outermost layer of the _______ plant body .
Primary plant body
Epidermis is made of elongated compactly arranged cells which form a _______ layer .
Continuous
Epidermis is usually _________ layered
Single
Epidermal cells are ________ in nature .
Parenchymatous
Epidermal cells have a small amount of _______ lining the cell wall and a large ______ .
Protoplasm
Vacuole
The outside of epidermis is covered with ____________ .
Cuticle
Cuticle is absent in the ___________ .
Roots
Stomata are present in the ________ of the leaves .
Epidermis
Stomata regulate the process of _____ and ______ .
Transpiration and gaseous exchange