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Plant Root Cell
By: Savannah L. Morris
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Structure
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Root hairs
Meristem
Root cap
Shoot
Vascular Cylinders
Ground tissue
Epidermis
Function
-Root hairs- Protection from a cell in the
epidermis near the end of a root of a plant,
greatly increases the surface area of a root.
• Meristem- Region of actively dividing cells
that give rise to all the other plant tissues.
• Root cap- Cover and protects the tip of a
root.
• Shoot- An aboveground part of a plant.
Function
• Vascular Cylinders- The endodermis
completely encloses the root’s vascular
subsystem.
• Ground tissue(Cortex)- Spongy layer of
ground tissue just inside the epidermis of a
root.
• Epidermis- Outer layer of the skin.
Osmosis
Diffusion
Photosynthesis