Structure And Fucntion Of Leaf -plant Bio Flashcards by Izziexxxfrogz 🐸🥑 | Brainscape

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Waxy cuticle

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Transparent to allow light through, waxy to prevent water loss from leaf

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Epidermis

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Protects leaf, stops bacteria, and viruses entering the leaf.

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Palisade mesophyll

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Most photosynthesis occurs here, cells packed with chloroplast

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Spongy mesophyll

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Some photosynthesis occurs here less chloroplast than palisade

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Vein

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Contains water in xylem food in phloem

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Guard cells

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Increase and decrease in size to control side of the stomata

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Stomata

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Small pores allows gases in and out of leaf and how water is lost from the leaf. There are more stomata on the lower surface of the leaf

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