Leaf Cell Practice

Front 1

spongy mesophyll

Back 1

the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characterically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.

Front 2

palisade mesophyll

Back 2

the upper layer of ground tissue in a leaf.

Front 3

epidermis

Back 3

a thin lauer of cells forming the outer integument of seed plants and ferms.

Front 4

stomata

Back 4

one of the openings in the epidermis of a plant, through which gases and water vapor pass.

Front 5

xylem

Back 5

the woody walls of certain cells.they tend to conduct water and minerals from roots to leaves.

Front 6

phloem

Back 6

conducts food from leaves to the rest of the plant. They are alive at maturily and tend to stain green.

Front 7

vascular bundle

Back 7

a longitudinal stand of tissue in the stems and leaves of higher plants.

Front 8

cuticle

Back 8

the thin vary covering that prevents water loss within the leaf.

Front 9

guard cell

Back 9

one of the pailed cells in the epidermis of a plany that control the opening and closing of a stoma of a leaf.