Biology 2217B Study Guide - Final Guide: Vascular Bundle, Suberin, Xylem
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Apical meristems: tips of all roots, increase plant length. Vascular cambium: give rise to secondary xylem and phloem. Cork cambium: produce cork cells outer surface and palloderm on inner. Xylem: conduct water/minerals from root upward: tracheid: long/thin, pits in walls, for support, vessel elements: short/wide, large openings, pits, attached together. Phloem: transport organic material synthesizes by plant: sieve tube members: living, form conduction tube, companion cells: enlarge nucleus, adjacent sieve. Stems: monocot stem: exam cross section of corn stem, vascular bundles: scattered, compose both xylem/phloem surround by bundle sheath of fibers, dicot stem (2), herbaceous: vascular tissue occurs as ring of separate vascular bundles. Pith: vas bundle surround, central area ground tissue: woody: xylem makes bulk of stem. Plant body (2 system: root system: under ground, moist, woody, hoot yste(cid:373): aerial portio(cid:374), dry, her(cid:271)a(cid:272)eous (cid:894)does(cid:374)"t de(cid:448)elop (cid:449)ood(cid:895) 3 categories: annuals: herbaceous (grow/reproduce/die 1 year, biennials: 2 yrs complete life cycle, perennials: wood/herb live more than 2yrs.