Symplast pathway Flashcards

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A smaller volume of water travels via the symplast pathway, which involves the what parts of cells

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cytoplasm and plasmodesmata, and vacuole of the cells

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In symplast what process the water travel by

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The water moves by osmosis into the cell (across the partially permeable cell surface membrane), possibly into the vacuole (through the tonoplast by osmosis) and between cells through the plasmodesmata

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Is water in the symlast travelling faster than apoplast

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The movement of water in the symplast pathway is slower than the apoplast pathway

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Remember water moves through the apoplast and symplast pathways in the leaves as well as the roots. Water does not move by osmosis in the apoplast pathway as the molecules are in the cell wall which is freely permeable.

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