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chp25
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dermal | The outer of a plant |
| ground tissue | a type of plant tissue other than vascular tissue that makes up much of the inside of a plant |
| epidermis | the outer surface layer of a cells of a plant or animal |
| cork | the outer layer of bark of any woody plant |
| vessel | in plant, a tubelike structure in the xylem that is composed of connect cells that conduct that carries blood or other bodily fluid |
| sieve tube | in the phoem of a flowering plant a conducting tube that is made up of a series of sieve tube members stacked ent to end |
| cortex | in plants the primary tissue located in the epidemics in animal the outer most portion of an organ |
| root hair | an extension of the epidermis of root that increases absorption |
| root cap | the protective layer of cells that covers the tip of a root |
| herbaceous plant | a plant that is soft and covers the instead of woody |
| vascular bundle | in a plant a standard of conducting tissue that contains both xylem and phloem |
| pith | the tissue that is located in the center of the stem of most vascular plants and that is used for storage |
| heatwood | the nonconducting older wood in the center of a tree trunk |
| sapwood | the tissue of the secondary xylem that is distributed around the outside of a tree trunk and is active in transporting sap |
| petiole | the stalk attaches a leaf to the stem of a plant |
| mesophyll | in leaves the tissue between epidenal layers where photosynthesis occurs |