TISSUES (CHAPTER THIRTEEN) Flashcards
What’s a tissue ?
A group of structurally identical cells, of a common origin and which perform similar functions.
Plant tissues may be grouped into two major areas;
the meristematic (with undifferentiated cells) and permanent tissues (with differentiated cells)
What is Meristematic cells?
These are small, undifferentiated cells, having thin walls, large nucleus, dense cytoplasm, small non-centralised vacuoles and constantly undergoing mitosis.
CLASSIFICATION OF MERISTEM:
- The Apical meristem
- The intercalary meristem
- The Lateral Meristem.
Meristematic cells are classified based on:
- location in the plant
- ORIGIN(ONTOGENY)
- FUNCTIONS
What is an apical meristem?
A meristematic cell that is located at the apices of the plant.
The apical meristem consists of specialized cells such as:
- the dermatogen(outer layer) which gives rise to the epidermis of the stem or the root cap-producing cells of the root.
- Periblem(middle) which forms the cortex of both stem and roots
- the plerome(inner) cells which give rise to cells of the vascular bundle.
What’s an intercalary meristems
A group of transitory cells which give rise to primary permanent tissues or permanent tissues.
Intercalary cells are found in_____ where they cause growth of____.
1.nodes of stems (not at the tips)
2 branches.
What is a lateral meristem?
It is the meristem in the cambium which gives rise to the secondary permanent tissues and ensures the increase in diameter of stems and roots. Found in monocots plant.
The branch formed by intercalary meristem is known as;
The Nodal Branch, it occurs only in Monocot plants.
Unifacial Cambium is responsible for;
the formation of Growth rings. It forms the internal cylindrical structure of a
stem and sometimes roots.
What is a Periderm?
This is a cutinized cambial layer when the epidermis is removed.
It’s a protective layer formed in response to injury to the epidermis.
Periderm includes;
PHELLOGENS (cork cambium), PHELLEM (cork) & PHELLODERM (secondary cortex).
The ______of the periderm contains dead cells which deposit ______. The _______ of the periderm has living cells that lack ______.
- outer phellem
- inner phelloderm
- suberin
- suberin
What is a Vascular Cambium?
This is a cambium which differentiated into the vascular bundles (secondary xylem and phloem).
The Vascular Cambium consists of specialized cells such as:
- Fusiform initials (elongated cells) extend lengthwise through the stem and differentiate into secondary xylem &phloem(all their cells).
- Ray initials Rays initial (spherical cells) extend sideways and differentiate into Medullary Rays that cut across the xylem and phloem.
Classification of meristematic tissues based on ORIGIN(ONTOGENY) :
- Promeristem: originate from embryo
- Primary meristem: from the promeristem. Forms the permanent tissues.
- Secondary Meristem: originate from primary meristem. Forms the permanent tissues.
Meristematic tissues classified based on FUNCTIONS include:
1 PROTODERM: Outer plant tissue (TUNICA). It forms the Epidermis (which protects the outer layer of the plant)
2 PROCAMBIUM: Innermost layer(CORPUS). It forms the Xyelm &phloem. Growth in the primary plant body comes from a group of meristematic cells called procambium.
3 GROUND MERISTEM: forms the Cortex, Pericycle, Medulary rays, and Pith.
What is a PERMANENT OR MATURE TISSUE?
These are those made up of fully differentiated cells. These are cells which have stopped dividing
What is simple and complex permanent tissue?
The simple tissue consists of only one type of cell such as the parenchyma, collenchyma, and sclerenchyma while the complex tissue is made up of more than one type of cell but which acts together to perform the same function, e.g. xylem.
What is are parenchyma cells.
These are living cells, that have thin cell walls and large vacuoles.
The main function of parenchyma cells is?
the manufacture and storage of food.
Where are parenchyma cells found?
In the inner leaf tissues (mesophyll), storage cells of the root cortex, pith and cortex of The stem, the pericycle of the stem and roots.
What is the collenchyma tissue?
These are tissues made up of elongated irregular cells with primary walls thickened with cellulose, pectin and water.
Collenchyma tissue is found;
beneath the epidermis and occurs as the first formed supporting tissue in growing organs of the stems, leaves and flowers.
______ persists as the supporting tissue of dicotyledonous herbaceous plants but rarely occurs in roots and monocotyledons.
collenchyma tissues.
What are Sclerenchyma cells?
it is a long, narrow cell with cell wall thickened with LIGNIN (i.e lignified).
There are two types of Sclerenchymatous cells:
the elongated fibres and the variously shaped sclereids
The dead fibres serve mainly for
mechanical support providing rigidity and elasticity for the plant.
In _______ leaves have sclerenchyma cells which form rigid strands providing strength for the epidermal layers in the. In some plants the fibres are so long, they have become of commercial value e.g. hemp (Hibiscus cannabinus).
- some monocotyledons
pwater lily (Nymphaea lotus)
The fibres of sclerechyma provide
Rigidity and Elasticity to the plant. Eg. Water Lilly (Nymphaea lotus), Hemp (Hibiscus cannabinoid).
What are the sclereids of sclerechyma?
These are short hard dead cells which occur singly or in groups in the cortex, phloem of stems and in the flesh of fruits
The complex tissues include what tissues?
the vascular and the secretory tissues.
The vascular tissues consist of
the vessels or the xylem conducting water and dissolved salt and the dissolved food conducting vessels or phloem
The xylem is made up of
parenchyma cells, fibers, vessels, tracheids and ray cells.
Which of the cells of the xylem are dead and empty water-conducting elements?
The tracheids, vessels, fibres, sclereids and the parenchyma cells
______ are spindle-shaped cells interconnected by numerous pits of pointed ends, the ______ are tube-like, larger in diameter than tracheids and are laid down end-to-end having lost all or part of their end walls.
- tracheids
- vessels
The _____ and _____ are basically sclerenchyma cells, which are associated with the xylem or wood.
- xylem fibres
- sclereids
The fibres are differentiated from vessels and trachied in having _______.
thicker cell walls and smaller cellular cavity
The _____ and ______ are primarily mechanical in function.
- xylem fibres
- sclereids
The xylem parenchyma, also called wood parenchyma may be seen in secondary xylem as
medullary rays.
Function of xylem parenchyma?
aid in transporting organic food materials laterally within the stem and also store food for the plant.
The constituents of the phloem are
the sieve element, companion cells and parenchyma cells.