plants Flashcards
what does the waxy cuticle do?
A protection layer that reduces the water loss from the leaf while still allowing light through
atery
Walls are made of elastic tissue and muscle
thick walls to withstand high pressure
elastic tissue allows walls to strech
narrow lumen to maintain high blood pressure
lumen is circular
Capillary
walls are only 1 cell
lumen is the sane size as the diamiter of a red blood cell
vein
walls are made of elastic tissue and muscle
thin walls as blood pressure is low
lumen is irregular
funtion of artery
carries blood AWAY from the heart
Carries OXYGENATED blood
Carries blood at HIGH pressure
Function of capillary
Exchange of nutrients from plasma to CELLS
Exchange of waste products FROM cells TO PLASMA
function of vein
Carries blood TOWARDS the HEART
Carries DEOXYGENATED BLOOD
Plant tissues
epidermal tissue -covers whole plant
plaisade mesophyll -the part of the leaf where most photo synthesis happens
xylem
dead cells
hollow cells strengthend by lignin
joined end to end
water and mineral ions
transpiration
Phloem
Living cells
cytoplasm and cell sap
elongated columns
dissolved sugars