Stem Anatomy
Review
1. Phloem
2. Conducts food (organic substances)
3. Epidermis
4. Pith
5. Vascular Bundle
6. Fibers
7. Herbaceous
8. Monocot (V. bundles are scattered)
1. Pith
2. Xylem
3. Conducts water, supports the plant
4. Annual Ring
5. Cambium
6. Phloem
7. Cortex
8. Woody
9. Dicot
10. 4-6 years
1.Epidermis
2. Xylem
3. Pith
4. Water transport
5. Hollow, tube-like
6. Phloem
7. Food transport
8. Cortex
9. Xylem, Phloem, Fibers
1. Epidermis
2. Fibers
3. Support
4. Cortex
5. Phloem
6. Food transport (organic substances)
7. Cambium
8. Xylem
9. Water transport
10. Pith
11. Dicot
12. Herbaceous
13. Epidermis
14. Vascular Bundle
15. Pith
16. Collenchyma
17. Support
18. Sieve cell
19. Vessel
20. Phloem
21. Xylem
22. Food transport (sugars, organic materials)
23. Water transport
24. Cortex
25. Phloem
26. Cambium
27. Produces secondary xylem and phloem.
28. Annual ring
29. Xylem
30. Pith
31. Bark
32. Summer wood
33. Spring wood
34. Three years (approximately)
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