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Figure 1. The internal structure of a leaf.
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In the figure, you can see the epidermis , the outermost layer which
secretes a waxy substance called the cuticle. This cuticle helps retain water inside
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the leaf cells. At the lower epidermis, you will see some openings. Each opening is
called stoma (stomata). This is where carbon dioxide enters, and oxygen passes out.
Uploaded by: Around the stoma is a pair of bean-shaped cells called guard cells. The guard cell is
an epidermal cell with chloroplast that regulates the opening and closing of the
Anonymous Student stomata. Between the upper and lower epidermis, you can see layers of cells. This is
University of Northern Philippines called mesophyll layer, which is composed of palisade cells that are arranged like
columns and spongy cells which are loosely arranged cells. These cells have
organelles known as chloroplast that contains green pigments which trap energy
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from the sun. The chloroplast is enclosed by a double membrane namely an outer
Please sign in or register to post comments. membrane and an inner membrane. Between these membranes is a space called
stroma, which is the liquid part of the chloroplast. Embedded in the stroma is a
Nel complex network of stacked sacs. Each stack is called a granum (plural: grana). Each
22 days ago of those flattened sacs is called these thylakoids that contains green-colored
thanks pigments called chlorophylls that absorb light.

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