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Chapter 6: Seeds, Stems, Roots, Plant Tissue Flashcards

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Morphology

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External features

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Anatomy

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Internal structure

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Histology

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Microscopic features

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Radicle

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Primary root

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Plumule

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Primary shoot

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Adventitious roots

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Grow from shoot axis at or above soil and anchor, braced and prop for support

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Shearing leaves

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Develop with true foliage and encircle stem at each node

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Staminate flowers

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Male flowers, can be called tassels

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Ovary develops into fruit called…

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Caryopsis, kernel

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Hypocotyl

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Hook that emerges above soil

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Epicotyl

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Stem region between cotyledons and trifoliate leaves

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Cotyledons

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Vary with plants, they supply food to young plant

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Plasma membrane

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Lipid bilayer, absorption, secretion, generates energy, proteins act as enzymes, receptors, channels, communication

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Plastids

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Storage for oil, starch, and proteins

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Chromoplast

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Contain pigments, ones including chlorophyll (chloroplast), double membrane

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Vacuole

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Storage for water, salts, toxic products

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Tonoplast

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Controls flow of water and turgor pressure

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Makes up primary wall of cell and provides elasticity and strength

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Cellulose

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Middle lamella

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Mucilaginous pectin that holds cell walls together

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Lignins

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Provide strength

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Suberin

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Prevents water flow in cell walls

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Meristem

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Divided cells which differentiate, thin walls, dense protoplasts, root and shoot tips, cambium

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Permanent tissue

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Epidermis, parenchyma, sclerenchyma, collenchyma, xylem, phloem

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Apical Meristem aka shoot

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Where all stems, flowers, and leaves originate, can produce auxin to suppress dormant meristem

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Root meristem

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Makes protoderm, ground meristem, procambium, and lies behind root cap

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Root cap

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Protects root meristem

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Subapical Meristem

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Produces new cells behind active shoot, growth and height of plant, true meristem, bolting

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Intercalary Meristem

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Separated from meristem by mature tissues, retains ability to divide, monocots

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Lateral Meristem

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Secondary growth, cyclinders of actively dividing cells, vascular cambium

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Simple Tissue

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Epidermis, parenchyma, sclerenchyma, collenchyma, cork

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Parenchyma

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Living, thin walled, large vacuoles, under epidermis, all plant parts, can become meristematic and regenerate tissue

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Sclerenchyma

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Thick walled cells in sclereids, eventually die leaving hard cell walls, stem and bark and grittiness

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Collenchyma

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Support to young stems, petioles, veins of leaves, thick walls and corners of cell, cellulose

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Cork tissue

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Bark, trunks, potato skin, waterproofed with suberin, die but retain shape

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Xylem

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Conducts water and dissolved material

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Anatomy of xylem

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Long tubes made of short vessel members, long tapered dead cells that conduct water through pits, sclerenchyma for support, parenchyma in vertical files for food storage

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Phloem

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Conducts food and metabolites

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Phloem anatomy

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Sieve tubes, sieve tube members, companion cells, fibers

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Sieve tubes

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Long slender cells with porous sieve plates, angiosperms

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Sieve cells

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Gymnosperms

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Functions of root

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Absorbing and conducting water, mineral nutrients, anchorage and support, storage organs

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Aerial roots

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From branches, strangler fig

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Epiphytes

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Have chlorophyll in roots, orchid

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Zone of elongation

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Cells expand, protoplasm forms, vacuoles get bigger

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Region of maturation

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Behind zone of elongation, enlarges cells differentiate

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Endodermis

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Only in roots and surrounded by casparian strip

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Pericycle

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Outermost layer of cells in central core inside endodermis, produces vascular cyclinders and lateral roots

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Stele

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Pericycle and vascular cyclinder

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Types of stems

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Protoderm, ground meristem, procambium

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Cortex

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Under epidermis

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Sapwood

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Outer, alive, softer xylem

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Heartwood

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Inner hard dead xylem

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Vessel elements

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Angiosperms, hardwood

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Tracheids in xylem

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Gymnosperms, softwood

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Lenticels

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Diffusion of gases

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Rhizome

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Underground horizontal stem, bamboo

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Stolons

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Above ground horizontal stems aka runners, strawberry

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Corms

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Thickened compressed underground stems, crocus

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Bulbs

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Highly compressed, underground, storage leaves (scales), survive cold and dryness

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Tubers

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Enlarged fleshy terminal portions of stems, potato

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