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Chapter 34: Vascular Plant Structure


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Chapter 34: Vascular Plant Structure

p. 664: root system, shoot system, stems, leaves, meristems, ground tissue, epidermis, vascular tissue, parenchyma, cutin, cuticle, xylem, phloem

p. 665: primary growth, apical meristems, secondary growth, lateral meristems

p. 666: dicots, monocots

p. 667: primary meristems, protoderm, procambium, ground meristem, intercalary meristems, primary tissue, secondary tissue, lateral meristems, cork cambium

p. 668: parenchyma cells, collenchyma, sclerenchyma, lignin, lignified, fibers, sclereids

p. 669: Epidermal cells, trichomes, root hairs, guard cells, stoma (plural, stomata), ectomycorrhizae

p. 670: xylem, vessels, vessel members, tracheids, transpiration, primary xylem, secondary xylem, pits, pit membrane

p. 671: rays, phloem, girdled, sieve cells, sieve-tube members, sieve areas, sieve plates, sieve tubes, companion cells, plasmodesmata

p. 672: roots, stems, leaves, root cap, zone of cell division, zone of elongation, zone of maturation, root hairs

p. 673: cortex, endodermis, suberin, Casparian strips

p. 674: stele, pericycle, lateral roots, vascular cambium, primary xylem, vascular bundles, primary phloem, secondary growth, cork cells, phelloderm, periderm

p. 675: taproot system, fibrous root system, aerial roots, velamen roots, proproots, adventitious root, pneumatophores, contractile roots, parasitic roots, haustoria, food storage roots, water storage roots, buttress roots

p. 676: node, internode, blade, petiole, sessile, axillary bud, terminal bud, bud scales, bud scars, stipules, stipule scars, leaf scars, bundle scars

p. 677: apical meristem, primary tissue, leaf primordia, protoderm, epidermis, procambial strands, primary xylem, primary phloem, ground meristem, pith, cortex, trace, leaf gaps, bud gaps, vascular cambium, secondary tissue, secondary xylem, secondary phloem, cork cambium, cork cells, phelloderm, suberin, outer bark, lenticels

p. 678: wood, annual rings

p. 679: dendrochronolology, rays, xylem ray, phloem ray, heartwood, sapwood, outer bark, periderm

p. 680: hardwoods, softwoods, cambia (singular cambium), intercalary meristems

p. 681: bulbs, corms, rhizomes, runners, stolons, tubers, tendrils, cladophylls

p. 682: blade, petiole, veins, simple leaves, leaflets, pinnately compound, palmately compound, pinnately veined, palmately veined

p. 683: alternately, opposite, whorl, microphylls, megaphylls

p. 684: mesophyll, palisade mesophyll, spongy mesophyll

p. 685: abscission, abscision zone, separation layer, anthocyanins, betacyanins

p. 686: floral leaves ( bracts), spines, thorns, prickles, reproductive leaves, window leaves, shade leaves, insectivorous leaves

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