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Plant Form and Function. Thick structure (64 cells). Tube-like structure (64 cells). Flattened structure (64 cells). 50 m. Surface area 340,000 m 2 (136 cell surfaces 2500 m 2 /cell surface). Surface area 240,000 m 2
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Thick structure(64 cells) Tube-like structure (64 cells) Flattened structure (64 cells) 50 m Surface area 340,000 m2 (136 cell surfaces 2500 m2/cell surface) Surface area 240,000 m2 (96 cell surfaces 2500 m2/cell surface) Surface area 420,000 m2 (168 cell surfaces 2500 m2/cell surface) Volume 8,000,000 m3 (64 cells 125,000 m3/cell) Volume 8,000,000 m3 (64 cells 125,000 m3/cell) Volume 8,000,000 m3 (64 cells 125,000 m3/cell) Surface area/volume 0.0425/m Surface area/volume 0.0300/m Surface area/volume 0.0525/m
root hairs mucigel Root apical meristem rootcap Root tip
dicot monocot
Water buttercup Agrimony
epidermis cortex Vascular bundle Primary phloem Primary xylem Procambium Cross section of dicot primary stem pith
Primary xylem Vascular cambium Secondary xylem Primary phloem Secondary phloem
Second year Secondary xylem First year Secondary xylem
Annual ring Early wood Late wood
Cork cambium Secondary growth
phelloderm Cork cambium
cork Cork cambium phelloderm periderm
epidermis cortex
cork Cork cambium Primary xylem phelloderm Primary phloem Secondary phloem Vascular cambium Secondary xylem Mature secondary stem