Lecture 4: Tissues (II) Flashcards
Draw a root tip, showing the root cap and three zones.
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Draw a cross-section of a dicot root, showing the epidermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle, xylem and phloem.
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Draw a cross section of a herbaceous dicot stem, showing the epidermis, cortex, pith, bundle cap, xylem, phloem, and vascular cambium.
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Draw a cross section of a woody stem, showing the bark, (cork, cork cambium, cortex, phloem), vascular cambium, xylem and pith.
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Draw a cross section of a leaf, showing the upper and lower epidermis, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, xylem and phloem.
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What are the 3 zones on a longitudinal cross of a root tip?
Zone of cell division
Zone of cell elongation
Zone of maturation
What does the root cap do?
Protect the apical meristem
What does the zone of cell division do?
The apical meristems multiply to elongate the stem
What does the zone of cell elongation do?
Vacuoles fill with water and the cells stretch and lengthen.
What does the zone of maturation do?
Cells differentiate (specialise) and form tissues.
What tissues are formed at the zone of maturation of a root tip?
Xylem and phloem.
What also grows from the epidermis of a root tip?
Root hairs.
What are the four parts of a dicot root cross section?
Epidermis
Cortex
Endodermis
Vascular cylinder
What does the epidermis of a dicot root do?
Outer layer of the root involved in the absorption of water and minerals.
What does the cortex of a dicot root cross section do?
A big section of the root that stores starch
What is located in the innermost layer of the cortical cell?
Endodermis
What does the endodermis of dicot roots do?
Allows water and nutrients to pass through endodermal cells to enter the vascular cylinder.
An inner layer of cells in the cortex of a root and some stems, surrounding a vascular bundle.
Where is the Casparian strip located?
Lies around the endodermal cells