M6: STEMS Flashcards
AERIAL part of the plant
STEM
where leaves and reproductive
shots get attached (mechanical support)
STEM
Stem exposes the leaves for _____ positions
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Stem positions the reproductive shoots for optimal access to _____ and dispersal agents
POLLINATORS
conducts water and minerals from roots to the leaves and solutes from leaves to storage and use sites
STEM
STEM FUNCTIONS
SUPPORT
CONDUCTION
GROWTH
STORAGE
AS FOOD
young stem (1 year old or less) WITH LEAVES
SHOOT
young stem (1 year old or less) that is in the dormant winter stage (NO LEAVES)
TWIG
stem that is MORE THAN 1 YEAR OLD typically with lateral stems radiating from it
BRANCH
a woody plant’s MAIN STEM
TRUNK
a type of stem that is THIN SOFT, GREEN in color except that grow underground
HERBACEOUS STEM
a type of stem that is TALLER, THICKER AND HARDER than herbaceous stems
WOODY STEMS
stem’s PRIMARY GROWING POINT
BUD
single BUD FOUND AT THE APEX of the stem
TERMINAL BUD
tip of the stem
APEX
protects lateral & terminal bud
BUD SCALES
MARKS LEFT ON THE STEM from the previous years which serve as EXTERNAL MEASURE OF ANNUAL GROWTH
TERMINAL BUD SCALE SCARS
buds that occur in the LEAF AXILS on the side of a stem
LATERAL BUDS / AXILLARY BUDS
lateral buds is also known as
AXILLARY BUDS
mark that leaves on the stem to the base of the LEAF FALLS
LEAF SCAR
STALK that extends from the stem to the base of the leaf (extension ni stem to leaves)
PETIOLE
PORES that allow for GAS EXCHANGE
LENTICEL
segment of stem where LEAVES AND LATERAL BUDS ARE ATTACHED. (above or below ground)
NODE
SECTION of a stem BETWEEN TWO NODES
INTERNODE
used in the IDENTIFICATION OF THE WOODY PLANTS and it is a mark left in the LEAF SCAR from the VASCULAR TISSUE attachment
BUNDLE SCAR
TINY BUMPS in leaf scar where vascular tissue enter the leaf from the stem
BUNDLE SCAR
they mark the places where BUNDLES OF VASCULAR TISSUE were located.
BUNDLE SCARS
○ increases LENGTH of the stem
○ mostly occur on HERBACEOUS plants
PRIMARY GROWTH
○ increases THICKNESS of the stem
○ builds WOODY STEM
SECONDARY GROWTH
located in a bud, called terminal bud at the tip of the stem
APICAL MERISTEM
Primary Growth
SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM
developing leaves
PRIMORDIUM
primordium plural
PRIMORDIA
Secondary Growth
LATERAL MERISTEM
○ located in AXILLRY BUDS
○ Vascular cambium to Secondary
Xylem and Secondary Phloem
(same function as your primary
xylem and phloem)
LATERAL MERISTEM
o Produces Phelloderm (inside) and Phellem (outside)
CORK CAMBIUM (PHELLOGEN)
PERIDERM IN WOODY PLANTS
PHELLEM - PHELLOGEN - PHELLODERM
synonym ng cork cambium
PHELLOGEN
Cork cells are impregnated with _______»_space; protection
SUBERIN
develop beneath the stomata
LENTICELS
____ DON’T do secondary growth
ANNUAL PLANTS
do secondary growth
PERENNIAL PLANTS
complete their ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE from germination and death within ONE YEAR
ANNUAL PLANTS
plants that live multiple years
PERENNIAL PLANTS
other term for vascular cylinder
STELE
Composed of Primary xylem, primary phloem, and pith
VASCULAR CYLINDER / STELE
● SIMPLEST FORM of stele
● SOLID CORE of conducting tissues in which phloem usually surrounds the xylem
PROTOSTELE