vessel (gametangia: the reproductive organ of bryophytes, consisting of the male antheridium and female archegonium; a multichambered jacket of sterile cells in which gametes are formed)

bearer (gametophore: the mature gamete-producing structure of a gametophyte body of a moss)

moss(bryophytes: the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts; a group of nonvascular plants that inhabit the land but lack many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants)

plant (bryophytes: the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts; a group of nonvascular plants that inhabit the land but lack many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants)

naked(gymnosperm: a vascular plant that bears naked seeds not enclosed in any specialized chambers)

seed (gymnosperm: a vascular plant that bears naked seeds not enclosed in any specialized chambers)

different (heterosporous: referring to plants in which the sporophyte produces two kinds of spores that develop into unisexual gametophytes, either female or male) homo-

a seed (heterosporous: referring to plants in which the sporophyte produces two kinds of spores that develop into unisexual gametophytes, either female or male) homo-

large (megaspores: a spore from a heterosporous plant that develops into a female gametophyte bearing archegonia)

leaf (microphylls: the small leaves of lycophytes that have only a single, un-branched vein)

around (peristome: the upper part of the moss capsule often specialized for gradual spore discharge)

mouth (peristome: the upper part of the moss capsule often specialized for gradual spore discharge)

a partition (phragmoplast: an alignment of cytoskeletal elements and Golgi-derived vesicles across the mid-line of a dividing plant cell)

formed, molded(phragmoplast: an alignment of cytoskeletal elements and Golgi-derived vesicles across the mid-line of a dividing plant cell)

thread (protonema: a mass of green, branched, one-cell-thick filaments produced by germinating moss spores)

fern (pterophytes: seedless plants with true roots and lignified vascular tissue; the group includes ferns, whisk ferns, and horsetails)

like, form (rhizoids: long tubular single cells or filaments of cells that anchor bryophytes to the ground)

fern (pterophytes: seedless plants with true roots and lignified vascular tissue; the group includes ferns, whisk ferns, and horsetails)

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Biol 190A Word Roots

Question	Answer
-angio	vessel (gametangia: the reproductive organ of bryophytes, consisting of the male antheridium and female archegonium; a multichambered jacket of sterile cells in which gametes are formed)
-phore	bearer (gametophore: the mature gamete-producing structure of a gametophyte body of a moss)
bryo-	moss(bryophytes: the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts; a group of nonvascular plants that inhabit the land but lack many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants)
-phyte	plant (bryophytes: the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts; a group of nonvascular plants that inhabit the land but lack many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants)
gymno-	naked(gymnosperm: a vascular plant that bears naked seeds not enclosed in any specialized chambers)
-sperm	seed (gymnosperm: a vascular plant that bears naked seeds not enclosed in any specialized chambers)
hetero-	different (heterosporous: referring to plants in which the sporophyte produces two kinds of spores that develop into unisexual gametophytes, either female or male) homo-
-sporo	a seed (heterosporous: referring to plants in which the sporophyte produces two kinds of spores that develop into unisexual gametophytes, either female or male) homo-
mega-	large (megaspores: a spore from a heterosporous plant that develops into a female gametophyte bearing archegonia)
micro-	small
-phyll	leaf (microphylls: the small leaves of lycophytes that have only a single, un-branched vein)
peri-	around (peristome: the upper part of the moss capsule often specialized for gradual spore discharge)
-stoma	mouth (peristome: the upper part of the moss capsule often specialized for gradual spore discharge)
phragmo-	a partition (phragmoplast: an alignment of cytoskeletal elements and Golgi-derived vesicles across the mid-line of a dividing plant cell)
-plast	formed, molded(phragmoplast: an alignment of cytoskeletal elements and Golgi-derived vesicles across the mid-line of a dividing plant cell)
proto-	first
-nema	thread (protonema: a mass of green, branched, one-cell-thick filaments produced by germinating moss spores)
pter-	fern (pterophytes: seedless plants with true roots and lignified vascular tissue; the group includes ferns, whisk ferns, and horsetails)
rhizo-	root
-oid	like, form (rhizoids: long tubular single cells or filaments of cells that anchor bryophytes to the ground)
pter-	fern (pterophytes: seedless plants with true roots and lignified vascular tissue; the group includes ferns, whisk ferns, and horsetails)

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