7254695923 | Stem | Vascular plant organ that consistes of alternating nodes and internodes that support the leaves and reproductive structures. | ![]() | 0 |
7254695924 | Leaves | Main photosynthetic organ of vascular plants. | ![]() | 1 |
7401966170 | Blade | the flattened portion of a typical leaf. | ![]() | 2 |
7401968420 | Petiole | The stalk of the leaf, joins leaf at the node of the stem. | ![]() | 3 |
7401968421 | Roots | An organ in vascular plants that anchors the plant and enables it to absorb minerals and water through the soil. | ![]() | 4 |
7401971574 | Taproot | A main vertical root that develops from and embryonic root and gives rise to lateral roots. | ![]() | 5 |
7401971575 | Fibrous Roots | numerous branching roots that are about the same size and grow from a central point | ![]() | 6 |
7401973966 | Nodes | A point along the stem of the plant that leaves are attached to. | ![]() | 7 |
7401973967 | Organs | A specialized center of body function composed of several different types of tissues. | ![]() | 8 |
7401976303 | Primary growth | Growth produced by apical meristems, lengthening stems and roots. | ![]() | 9 |
7401976304 | Apical bud | Bud at the tip of a plant stem. (terminal bud) | ![]() | 10 |
7401978989 | Axillary buds | Structure that has the potential to form a lateral shoot or branch. Appears between the angle of a leaf and stem. | ![]() | 11 |
7401978990 | Dermal tissue | the outer protective layer covering plants. | ![]() | 12 |
7401982732 | Vascular tissue | Plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body. | ![]() | 13 |
7401982733 | Ground tissue | Plant tissues that are neither vascular or dermal, and have a variety of functions, ex. storage, photosynthesis and support | ![]() | 14 |
7401985232 | Parenchyma cells | A relatively unspecialized cell that carries out most of the metabolism, synthesizes and stores organic products, and develops into a more differentiated cell type. | ![]() | 15 |
7401985233 | Collenchyma cells | Flexible plant cell type that occurs in strands or cylinders that support young parts of the plants without restraining growth | ![]() | 16 |
7401995998 | Sclerenchyma cells | A rigid, supportive cell usually lacking a protoplast and possessing thick secondary walls strengthened by lignin at maturity. | ![]() | 17 |
7402000635 | Tracheids | A long tapered water-conducting cell found in the xylem of nearly all vascular plants. | ![]() | 18 |
7402000636 | Vessel elements | Short, wide, water conducting tube found in the xylem of most angiosperms and a few nonflowering vascular plants. Dead at maturity, aligned end to end to for vessels. | ![]() | 19 |
7402003914 | Sieve-tube elements | A living cell that conducts sugars and other organic nutrients in the phloem of angiosperms, called a sieve-tube member where they connect end to end to form the sieve-tubes. | ![]() | 20 |
7402007473 | Apical meristems | Plant tissue on the tips of buds and root and shoots. Dividing cells that enable the plant to grow in length | ![]() | 21 |
7402007474 | Root cap | A cone of cells at the tip of the plant root that protects the apical meristem. | ![]() | 22 |
7402033587 | Internode | A segment of a plant stem between the points where leaves are attached. | ![]() | 23 |
7402033588 | Vascular cambium | A cylinder of meristematic tissue in woody plants that adds layers of secondary vascular tissue called secondary xylem (wood) and secondary phloem. | ![]() | 24 |
7402062306 | Secondary growth | Growth produced by lateral meristems, thickening the roots and shoots of woody plants. | ![]() | 25 |
7402062307 | Cork cambium | Cylinder of meristematic tissue in woody plants that replaces the epidermis with thicker and tougher cork cells. | ![]() | 26 |
7402036894 | Periderm | The protective coat that replaces the epidermis in woody plants during secondary growth, formed from the cork and cork cambium. | ![]() | 27 |
7402036895 | Bark | Tissues outside the vascular cambium, consists mainly of secondary phloem and layers of periderm. | ![]() | 28 |
7402043765 | Meristematic tissue | Plant tissues that remains embryonic as long as the plant lives. Allows indeterminate growth | ![]() | 29 |
AP Biology - Chapter 28 Flashcards
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