Life Processes In Plants 🪴 And Animals 🦍 Flashcards
- Functions of stem
Supports Ariel parts of plant.
- Functions of stem
Allows water to move from roots to leaves.
- Functions of stem
- Allows manufactured food from leaves to move to all parts of the plants.
Arrangement of Vascular Tissue in Dicot
Epidermis consists of :
- Outer ring
- Cuticle
- Woody stems
Outer ring
Covered by a transparent waxy cuticle.
Cuticle
Prevents water loss via transpiration.
Woody stems
Epidermis consists of many layers of cells that form the bark.
Hypodermis
Sclerenchyma or collenchyma present.
Provides support
Arrangement of Vascular tissue in dicot stem:
Epidermis
Hypodermis
Sclerenchyma cap
Vascular bundle
Xylem
Cambium
Phloem
Pith
Cortex
Sclerenchyma Cap
Provides support
Vascular bundle consists of:
Sclerenchyma
Phloem
Cambium
Xylem
Sclerenchyma cap in vascular bundle
Provides support
Phloem
Transports food
Cambium
Between phloem and xylem
Xylem
Transports water and mineral salts
Pith
- Thin walled parenchyma cells.
- Found towards centre of stem.
- Stores starch.
Cortex consists of
Thin walled parenchyma cells.
Dicotyledonous.
Scelerenchyma
Thin walled parenchyma cells
Provide support stem when they are turgid.
Dicotyledonous
Outer cortex form hypodermis which is made up of collenchyma and scelerenchyma cells.
Collenchyma
Walls thickened at corners
Sclerenchyma
Evenly thickened wall.
Secondary growth in dicotyledonous stems
Refers to increase in the thickness ( girth ) of a plant as it gets older.
- Secondary xylem and Secondary phloem.
Secondary thickening in a dicotyledonous stem results from the development of a Circular layer of cambium cells that forms between xylem and phloem.
- Secondary xylem and Secondary phloem.
Between vascular bundles in line with the vascular Cambium, found in parenchyma cells. Cells become meristematic and undergo repeated mitosis.