PSYC 1023 Chapter : Photosynthesis & Cellular respiration study sheet.docx
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Structures of photosynthesis: leaf: usually referred to as center of photosynthesis, cuticle: thin waxy layer of leaf that prevents water evaporation loss, upper epidermis: beneath cuticle, and protects against water loss, regulates gas exchange, etc, mesophyll cells: divided into 2 layers, palisade mesophyll cells: tall cells that are stacked against each other and tightly packed. Main structure that carries photosynthesis (contain chloroplasts: spongy mesophyll cells: loosely packed layer of mesophyll cells that carry out photosynthesis (contain chloroplasts, nucleus: within a single mesophyll cell; packed close to cell membrane because of vacuole, chloroplasts: where photosynthesis structures are found, found within a mesophyll cell, stroma: fluid within a chloroplast; holds functional components of photosynthesis and site of light independent reactions/calvin cycle, thylakoids: disc shaped, responsible for carrying out light dependent reactions for photosynthesis, granum: stacks of thylakoids (plural=grana, thylakoid space/lumen: fluid within a thylakoid, thylakoid membrane: site where light dependent reactions occur.
