Plant and Animal Tissues Complete

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KNOWLEDGE AREA:
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TOPIC 1.4: Plant and Animal

Tissues
Plant and Animal Tissues
SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION
Structure and function of Plant Tissues
Structure and function of Animal Tissues

LOCATION, APPEARANCE AND
FUNCTION OF PLANT TISSUES
 You already know that there are 2 types of plant
tissues.
These are the …

a) Meristematic and
b) Permanent tissue
 We already know what they are, so lets look at

them in some detail.
Meristematic Tissue:
 We will look at two types of meristematic tissue.

 They are the apical and lateral meristem.
Apical and Lateral
Meristem:
Location:

The apical
meristem is
found at the tips of
roots and stems. Location of apical meristem
LOCATION, APPEARANCE AND FUNCTION
OF PLANT TISSUES

The lateral
meristem is
found between the
xylem and phloem
in the vascular
bundles of stems. Location of Lateral Meristem
OF PLANT TISSUES
Appearance of Meristematic Tissue:
They are thin-walled, irregularly shaped, closely

packed cells.
Function:
 They produce new cells as a result of mitosis.
 These new cells are produced for:
growth
repair
replacement of worn out or damaged tissue.
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Permanent Tissue:
Epidermis:
Location:
 Found as the outermost covering of roots, stems
and leaves.
Appearance:
 Made up of a single layer of cells
 Cells are thin walled and brick shaped.

There are 2 types of specialized epidermal
cells.

A specialized cell is a cell which has a
slightly different structure to carry out a special
function.
Now lets look at these specialized epidermal cells.

 The epidermis of
leaves and stems
have a specialized
epidermal cell called
the guard cell.
 The guard cells
surround an opening
called the L/S of Leaf
stomata.
OF PLANT TISSUES
 The epidermis of the
root has a
specialized cell
called the root
hair.
T/S of root
 The diagram
alongside is a epidermis
micrograph of the
leaf epidermis.
 Your teacher will
help you to find the
features that help
you identify it as the
epidermis of the leaf
Function:
1. They provide the inner tissues with protection.
2. They control the opening and closing of the
stomata.
3. The stomata allows for the entry and exit of
gases.
4. The root hair absorbs water and mineral salts.
SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO
Explain how the epidermis is adapted for its

function.
SOLUTION:
1. It forms the outer most layer and therefore is
able to provide protection for the underlying
tissues.
2. It is closely packed making it strong allowing for
further protection.
3. The epidermis is transparent allowing for the
easy entry of sunlight.
These are extremely important

please learn them because…
SOMETHING EXTRA
 In every exam, cycle test or
class test at least 1 adaptation
comes out.

Its valued at 2 marks each.
 So please learn them!!!!

TERMINOLOGY:
TERM:
Specialized cell
DEFINITION: USE IN SENTENCE:
is a cell which has a slightly Guard cells are examples of
different structure to carry specialized cells
out a special function.
LOCATION, APPEARANCE AND FUNCTION OF
PLANT TISSUES
Collenchyma:
Location:
 This tissue is found in
stems and leaves.
Appearance:
 This tissue is made up
of thick walled, Collenchyma Tissue
closely packed cells.
OF PLANT TISSUES
Micrograph of collenchyma
OF PLANT TISSUES
Function:
1. Provides strength and support to the aerial
parts of the plant.
What does aerial parts mean?

It refers to all the parts of the plant that are found
above the ground.
TERMINOLOGY:
TERM:
Aerial parts
refers to all the parts of the Stems and leaves are
plant that are found above examples of aerial parts of
the ground. the plant
Explain how the collenchyma is suited for its

function.
SOLUTION
1. It is closely packed making it strong to offer
strength and support.
2. It has thick cell walls to offer strength and
support.
Learn!!! Learn !!! Learn

Parenchyma Tissue:
Location:
 Found in roots and stems.
 It is found between all the other tissues in these
organs.
Appearance:
 It is made up of thin walled, irregularly shaped
cells.
 The irregular shape allows for the formation of
many air spaces between the cells.
Intercellular air spaces
Thin cell wall
Micrograph of Parenchyma Tissue

Function:
1. Acts as packing tissue

2. Acts as a storage organ, when it stores food in
the form of starch and other sugars.
3. The air spaces between the cells allows for the
movement of water and gases.
Explain how the structure of the cells making up
this tissue makes the tissue more
efficient
in carrying out this function.
This question is slightly different, because of the

highlighted portion.
Your teacher will explain this to you

SOLUTION:
1. The cells have an irregular shape, this allows for the
formation of air spaces.
2. The air spaces allows for the movement of water
and gases through the stem or leaf.
3. The cell has a large vacuole to store food.
4. The cell wall is thin to allow for the easy entry and
exit of substances
You know what to do!
Learn !!! Learn !!! Learn !!!

OF PLANT TISSUES
Chlorenchyma Tissue
Location:
Found in leaves.
Appearance:
 This tissue is made up of cells with the same basic
structure as the cells of the parenchyma tissue.
 However these cells have chloroplast.
Appearance:
 This tissue is made

up of cells with the
same basic structure
as the cells of the
parenchyma tissue.
 However these cells
have chloroplast. Diagram showing
chlorenchyma tissue
Micrograph showing chlorenchyma

tissue
Function:
1. They are able to manufacture food in the form

of glucose by the process of photosynthesis.
Explain how the chlorenchyma is adapted for its

function.
SOLUTION
Chlorenchyma has chloroplast to manufacture food
by the process of photosynthesis.

Sclerenchyma Tissue:
 There are 2 types of

sclerenchyma cells.
 These are the sclerenchyma
fibres and stone cells, as
shown in the diagram
alongside.
Location:
 It is found in roots, stems,
leaves, flowers and fruit of
plants.
Location:
 It is found in roots, stems, leaves, flowers and

fruit of plants.
 Stone cells are also found in the flesh of some
fruits for example pears and in the shell of nuts.
Appearance:
 Its is made up of thick

walled cells.
 The cell walls are
thickened with lignin.
 These cells are closely
packed.
 The cells are dead,
there are no cell
contents.
Sclerenchyma Cells
Micrograph of Sclerenchyma Tissue

Function:
1. They provide strength and support to the plant.

SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO:
Explain how sclerenchyma tissue is structurally

suited for its function.
SOLUTION:
They have cell walls that are thickened with lignin

that enable them to provide support and strength
to the plant organ.

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Xylem Tissue:
Location:
 This tissue is found in the roots, stems and leaves
Appearance:
 There are 4 different types of cells that make up the
xylem tissue.
 We will look at of them more closely.

They are the xylem vessels and xylem
tracheids.
 The vessels are cylindrical.
 They have cell walls that are
thickened by lignin.
 The cross walls are
completely absent or they
are perforated, meaning
that they have tiny pores in
them.
 They are dead cells with no
cell content. The vessels lie
end to end, forming a
continuous tube.
Xylem Tissue
 The tracheids are
elongated cells with
tapered ends.
 Their cell walls are
also thickened with
lignin.
Function:
1. Xylem vessels and tracheids transport water

and mineral salts from the roots to the stems of
plants.
2. They are also able to provide the plant with
strength and support.
Explain how the xylem tissue is adapted to perform

its function.
SOLUTION:
1. Xylem vessels are dead cells with no cells
contents to allow for the easy movement of
water.
2. The cross walls are absent or perforated to allow
for easy movement of water.
3. The vessels are round in cross section to prevent
distortion when water moves through it.
4. The vessels are able to form continuous tubes
because they are dead cells with no cell
contents and have no cross walls.
Phloem:
Location:
 It is found in roots, stems and leaves.
Appearance:

This tissue is made up 4 different types of cells.
 We will discuss the sieve tubes and companion
cells.
Sieve Tubes
 These are elongated cells.

 They have thin cell walls that
are unthickened.
 The cross walls are
perforated.
 They are living cells with cell
content.
 The cytoplasm occurs as
strands.
Phloem Tissue

Sieve tubes have no nuclei.
Companion Cells:
 These cells are attached to the sieve tubes.

 They have nuclei.
 They control the function of the sieve tubes.
OF PLANT TISSUES
Function:
1. They transport manufactured food from leaves

to all parts of the plant.
FUNCTION OF ANIMAL TISSUES
 We shall now study the animal tissues in the same
way as we have done the plant tissues.
 We will start with the epithelial tissue
 We will look at 4 different types of epithelial tissues
These are …
1. Squamous
2. Columnar
3. Ciliated Columnar
4. Cubiodial
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Epithelial Tissue
Location:
 This is a lining tissue.
 It is found lining the mouth and lungs.
Appearance:
 It is made up of a single layer of cells.
 These cells are flattened thin walled cells.
 They are closely packed cells.
Micrograph of Epithelial Tissue

Function:
1. It protects the underlying tissue.

2. Allows the substances to pass through.
SOMETHING FOR YOU TO:
Explain how the epithelial tissue is adapted for its
function.
SOLUTION
1. It forms the outer most layer, therefore it is able
to provide protection for the underlying tissue.
2. Cells are closely packed to provide protection for
deeper lying tissue.
3. Cells are extremely thin to allow for easy
diffusion of substances.
4. Cells are flattened making it thin to allow for
easy diffusion of substance.
LOCATION, APPEARANCE AND FUNCTION OF ANIMAL
TISSUES
Columnar Epithelial Tissue:
Location:
 Found in the small intestine. It lines the small
intestine.
Appearance:
 These are elongated cells that

lie on the basement
membrane.
 Each cell has a nucleus found
at the bottom of the cell.
 In between the columnar cells
there are specialized cells.
 These specialized cells are Columnar Epithelial Cells
called goblet cells.
 The goblet cells secrete
mucus.
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Micrograph of Columnar Epithelium

Function:
1. The goblet cells secrete mucus.

2. The columnar cells provide support to other
cells.
3. These cells absorbs food, water and mineral
salts.
Ciliated Columnar Epithelium
Location:
 Found lining the breathing passages.
Appearance:
 This tissue has the

same basic structure as
columnar epithelium.
 Except they have tiny
hair like structures
called cilia on their free
ends. Ciliated Columnar
 They also have goblet Epithelial Cells
cells between them.
Function:
1. Goblet cells secrete mucus that traps the dust

particles.
2. The cilia beats and drives the mucus together
with the dust out of the breathing passage.
Explain how the ciliated epithelium is adapted for its
function.
SOLUTION
1. They have goblet cells to secrete mucus.
2. They have cilia on their free ends, beating of the
cilia drives out dust.
Remember …

Cubiodal Epithelium:
Location:
 This tissue is found
lining the glands.
APPEARANCE:
 The cells are cube Cubiodal Cells
shaped.
 They are found on a
basement membrane.
Function:
1. Produces a variety of secretions for example
sweat, milk and sebum.
Muscle Tissue:
 We will look at 3 types of muscle tissue.
These are…
1. Striated,
2. Smooth and
3. Cardiac Muscle
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Striated Muscle:
 Also known as the stripped muscle.
Location:
 Found in voluntary muscles.
Appearance:
 Each muscle is made up of
muscle fibers.
 Each fiber is surrounded by
a membrane called the
sarcolemma.
 Within the sarcolemma
there is a ground
substance called
sarcoplasm.
 Found within the
sarcoplasm there many
nuclei.
L/S striated muscle
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
 There are also light
and dark bands in
this muscle giving it,
its stripped
appearance and the
name striated
muscle.
L/S striated muscle

Function:
1. These muscles are responsible for all voluntary
movements.
2. Examples of voluntary movements are walking
and running.
Can you explain what is meant by

voluntary?
SOLUTION:
 Something that is under the control of the will.
TERMINOLOGY:
TERM
Voluntary
Something that is under Walking is an example of a
the control of the will voluntary action
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Unstriated Muscle
 Also known as the smooth muscle.
Location:
 Found lining the blood vessel, stomach and walls of
the intestine.
Appearance:
 It has the same general structure as the striated
muscle.
 However there are no light and dark bands.
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 Therefore it does not
have a stripped
appearance.
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Function:
1. It is responsible for involuntary actions.
2. Some examples of involuntary actions are
constriction and dilation of blood vessels.
Can you explain the term

involuntary?
SOLUTION
Involuntary refers to actions that are not under the
control of the will.
TERMINOLOGY:
TERM:
Involuntary
DEFINITION USE IN SENTENCE:
refers to actions that are The dilation of the blood
not under the control of vessels is an example of an
the will involuntary muscle
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Cardiac Muscle:
Location:
 Found only in the walls of the heart.
Appearance:
 Cardiac muscle has the same general structure as all
other muscle tissue.
 It is described as an involuntary but striated muscle.
 This means that while it is an involuntary muscle it
has stripes like a voluntary muscle.
 It is also a branched
muscle as shown in
the diagram below.
Cardiac Muscle
Function:
1. Causes the contraction and relaxation of the
heart muscle.
LOCATION, APPEARANCE AND FUNCTION OF
ANIMAL TISSUES
 Nerve tissue like any other tissue is made up of
cells.

These nerve cells are called neurons.
 There are 3 different
types of neurons.
 They are the sensory
neuron, the connector
neuron and the motor
neuron.
 Connector neuron is also
called the interneuron.
 We will discuss only the
motor and sensory
neuron.
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Motor Nerve
 This tissue is made up of motor neurons.
Location:
 This neuron occurs between the central nervous
system (brain and spinal cord) and the muscles
and glands.
Appearance:
 Each neuron is made
up of a 2 parts.
 These are the cell
body and axon.
Motor Neuron
Now lets look at the cell
body…
 Each cell body has
branching cytoplasmic
threads.
 These threads are
Dendrite
called dendrites.
 The function of the
dendrite is to carry
nerve impulses A cell body
towards the cell body.
 A ground substance occurs Nissil body
within the cell body.
 This ground substance is
called the cytoplasm.
 Nissil granules occur within
the cytoplasm.
 The nissil granules are
involved in the manufacture
Cytoplasm
of a substance,
 This substance plays a role
in the transmission of a
nerve impulse. A cell body
 A nucleus also
occurs in the
cytoplasm. nucleus
 The mitochondria,
ribosomes and the
ER are also found in
the cytoplasm.
Cell body

The axon is a long
outgrowth that
forms a part of the
neuron.
 The axon is neurilemma
surrounded by the
neurilemma.
 The myelin sheath
occur below the
neurilemma.
A neuron
 The myelin sheath is
not continuous. Myelin sheath
 It is interrupted at Nodes of
intervals by the Ranvier
nodes of
Ranvier.
 The myelin sheath
provides electrical
insulation and speeds
up the transmission of
nerve impulses. An Axon
 The axon ends in
branched structures
called the terminal
branches.
 The function of the
axon is to transmit
nerve impulses away
from the cell body. Terminal
 Remember the branches
function of a neuron is
to transmit an impulse. An Axon
 When neurons transmit
the impulse, they lie end
to end.
 They lie in such a way that
the dendrite of one
neuron lies next to the
terminal branch of the
next neuron.
 A tiny gap forms between
the 2 neurons.
 This tiny gap is called the
synapse. Position of Synapse
Function:
1. The motor neuron carries impulses from the
central nervous system to the muscles and
glands.
2. The muscle and glands are called effectors.
Sensory Neuron
Location:
 This neuron is found between the sensory organs
and the central nervous system.
Appearance:
 The sensory neuron

carries the impulse from
the receptor to the brain
and spinal cord.
 It has a centrally situated
cell body.
 The dendrites are found
on one end and the axon
terminals on the
opposite ends.
A sensory neuron
FUNCTION:
1. This neuron carries impulses from the sense
organs to the central nervous system.
2. The sense organs are also called the receptors.
Connective Tissue:
We will be looking at the following connective

tissue…
1. Areolar,
2. Yellow Elastic,
3. White Fibrous,
4. Cartilage,
5. Bone and
6. Blood
OF ANIMAL TISSUES
Areolar Tissue
Location:
 This tissue is found
under the skin.
Appearance:
 The diagram alongside
shows the basic
structure of the areolar
tissue
Function:
1. This tissue provides insulation for the body.
2. Acts a packaging tissue and therefore offers
protection to organs.
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Yellow Elastic Cartilage:
Location:
 This tissue is used to form
the ligaments.
Appearance:
 Has the same basic structure
as
areolar tissue.
 However the yellow elastic Ligaments
contains yellow elastic fibers.
Function:
1. It makes up the ligaments.
2. The ligaments connect bone to bone.
White Fibrous:
Location:
 Forms the tendons.
Appearance:
 This is tissue as the same
basic structure as the

areolar tissue with large
amounts of white fibers.
Tendons
Function:
1. White fibrous tissue makes up the tendons.

2. The tendons attach muscle to bones.
Hyaline Cartilage:
Location:
 This cartilage occurs Location of
between the bones Hyaline Cartilage
of the ribs and the
ear.
 Also occurs as rings
in the air passages.
Appearance:
 It is made up of a ground lacuna
substance called
chondrin. chondrin
 Fluid filled spaces called
lacunae are found chondrocyte
embedded in the
chondrin.
 1 to 4 cartilage cells
called chrondrocyte Hyaline Cartilage
occur within the
lacunae.
Function:
1. Reduces the friction between bones at joints.
White Fibro-cartilage
Location:
 This cartilage is
found between the
vertebrae.
Location of White
Fibro -Cartilage
FUNCTION OF ANIMAL TISSUES White fibers
Appearance:
 It has the same
general structure as
the hyaline
cartilage.
lacuna
 But there are a large
number of white
fibers. chondrocyte
White fibro-cartilage
Function:
1. Act as shock absorbers

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Yellow Elastic Cartilage
Location:
 Found in the ear lobe and
epiglottis.
Appearance:
 As the same general
structure as the white fibro
cartilage, but instead of
white fibers it has a large
number of yellow elastic Location of Yellow Elastic
fibers. Cartilage
Structure of Yellow Elastic Cartilage

Function:
1. Forms the epiglottis.

2. The epiglottis opens and closes the glottis.
3. The glottis is the opening of the trachea.
Bone:
Location:
 Makes up bone.
Appearance:
 We shall now look at the cross section of a long bone.

 We find that the long bone is made up of spongy and
compact bone.
 The compact bone is made up of a number of systems,
called the haversian system.
Now lets look at on of these
systems.
 Lets start in the middle and
move out
 There is a canal in the middle.
 This canal is called the
haversian canal.
 This canal contains the blood
and lymph vessels as well as
nerves.
 The haversian canal is Haversian System
surrounded by tissue called
lamella .
 Embedded in the
lamella are tiny
spaces.
 These spaces are
called lacunae.
 The lacunae are
arranged in
concentric circles.
Haversian System
 Bone cells are found
within the lacunae.
 These bone cells are
called
oestocytes.
 The lacunae are
connected to each
other by tiny canals.
 These tiny canal are
called canaliculi. Haversian System
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Function:
1. Makes up bone.
2. These bone make up the endoskeleton.
3. The endoskeleton provides shape and support
to the body.
4. The endoskeleton also provides the internal
organs with protection.
5. The bones of the endoskeleton provide for the
attachment of muscles.
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Blood:
Location:
 Found in the blood vessels.
 These blood vessels are the arteries, veins and
capillaries.
Appearance:
 Blood is made up of a liquid called blood plasma and
blood cells.
 These blood cells are the red blood cells, white blood
cells and the platelets.
Diagram showing the Different Components of Blood

 Tabulate visible differences between the red blood

cell and white blood cell
SOLUTION:
Difference between red and white blood cell.
White Blood Cells Red Blood Cells

Irregular shape Regular, round
biconcave shape
Nucleus present No nucleus
No haemoglobin Has haemoglobin
SOMETHING EXTRA:
 You should be able to use the information in the
table to describe the structure of the red and whit
blood cell.
Are you able to do this????

Lets try!
 Use the information in the table to describe the
structure of the red and white blood cell.
SOLUTION:
Red Blood Cells:
 They have a regular shape.

 They are round.
 They are also biconcave in shape.
 They have a pigment.
 This pigment is called haemoglobin.
 Haemoglobin is used to transport gases.
 There is no nucleus.
SOLUTION:
White Blood Cells:
 These cells have an irregular shape

 They have a nucleus
Blood Platelets
 They are fragments of blood cells

Function:
1. Transports substances such as food, hormones,
enzymes, respiratory gases and excretory
wastes.
TERMINOLOGY
 Glottis: is the opening of the trachea
 Epiglottis: is a leaf shaped cartilage that opens
and closes the glottis.
 Chondrin: is the ground substance of cartilage.
 Lacunae: are fluid filled spaces found embedded
in the chondrin.
 Chrondrocyte: are the cartilage cells found within
the lacunae.
 Tendons: attach muscle to bones
 Ligaments: connect bone to bone
TERMINOLOGY
 Sensory neuron: is the neuron that is found
between the sensory organs and the central
nervous system
 Motor neuron: is the neuron that occurs between
the central nervous system and the muscles and
glands.
 Neurons: are nerve cells.
 Involuntary: refers to actions that are not under
the control of the will.
 Voluntary: refers to something that is under the
control of the will.
QUESTION 1
1. Actively dividing cells are called…

A. Meristematic cells
B. Permanent
C. Differentiated cells
D. None of the above
QUESTION 2
2. Cells that are undifferentiated are called…

B. Permanent
QUESTION 3
3. The lateral meristem is an example of a…

B. Permanent
QUESTION 4
4. Parenchyma and bone cells are examples of…

B. Permanent cells
C. Both A and B
QUESTION 5
5. The type of tissue that provides support to aerial

parts of plants is
A. Collenchyma
B. Phloem
C. Muscle
D. Bone
QUESTION 6
6. The tissue that transport manufactured food

from the leaves to the stem is…
A. Collenchyma
B. Phloem
C. Muscle
D. Bone
QUESTION 7
7. The tissue that has intercellular air spaces for

the transport of substances is called…
A. Collenchyma
B. Phloem
C. Muscle
D. Parenchyma
QUESTION 8
8. Parenchyma has intercellular spaces because

of…
A. Its cell wall
B. Its large vacuole
C. Its irregular shape
D. Its regular shape
QUESTION 9
9. The chlorophyll containing, thin walled cells are

called…
A. Collenchyma
B. Chlorenchyma
C. Parenchyma
D. Bone
QUESTION 10
10. This is _____ tissue

A. Bone
B. Blood
C. Muscle
D. Hyaline
QUESTION 11
11. This is ______ tissue.

A. Collenchyma
B. Sclerenchyma
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above.
QUESTION 12
12. Xylem is made up of…

A. Vessels and tracheids
B. Sieve tubes and companion cells
C. Both A and B
QUESTION 13
13. Phloem is made up of…

A. Vessels and tracheids
B. Sieve tubes and companion cells
C. Both A and B
QUESTION 14
14. Lining and covering tissue is called…

A. Connective
B. Muscle
C. Bone
D. Epithelial
QUESTION 15
15. ____ tissue has haversian canals…

A. Connective
B. Muscle
C. Bone
D. Epithelial
QUESTION 16
16. The tissue made up of cubed shaped secretory

cells are called…
A. Columnar
B. Ciliated columnar
C. Cuboidal
QUESTION 17
17. The tissue that lines the alimentary canal is

called…
A. Columnar
C. Cuboidal
QUESTION 18
18. Tissue that lines the respiratory tubes is called…

A. Columnar
C. Cuboidal
QUESTION 19
19. Muscular tissue making up the walls of the heart

is …
A. Striated
B. Unstriated
C. Involuntary and striated
QUESTION 20
20. Voluntary muscle is…

A. Striated
B. Unstriated
C. Involuntary and striated
D. None of the
SOLUTION
1. A 11. B
2. A 12. A
3. A 13. B
4. B 14. D
5. A 15. C
6. B 16. C
7. D 17. A
8. C 18. B
9. B 19. C
10. A 20. A

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LIFE SCIENCES

TOPIC 1.4: Plant and Animal

Structure and function of Plant Tissues

Structure and function of Animal Tissues

These are the …

 We already know what they are, so lets look at

 We will look at two types of meristematic tissue.

They are thin-walled, irregularly shaped, closely

Now lets look at these specialized epidermal cells.

Explain how the epidermis is adapted for its

These are extremely important

 So please learn them!!!!

What does aerial parts mean?

Explain how the collenchyma is suited for its

Learn!!! Learn !!! Learn

Intercellular air spaces

Thin cell wall

Micrograph of Parenchyma Tissue

1. Acts as packing tissue

This question is slightly different, because of the

Your teacher will explain this to you

You know what to do!

Learn !!! Learn !!! Learn !!!

 This tissue is made

Micrograph showing chlorenchyma

1. They are able to manufacture food in the form

Explain how the chlorenchyma is adapted for its

Learn !!! Learn !!! Learn !!!

 There are 2 types of

 It is found in roots, stems, leaves, flowers and

 Its is made up of thick

Micrograph of Sclerenchyma Tissue

1. They provide strength and support to the plant.

Explain how sclerenchyma tissue is structurally

They have cell walls that are thickened with lignin

Learn !!! Learn !!! Learn !!!

1. Xylem vessels and tracheids transport water

Explain how the xylem tissue is adapted to perform

 These are elongated cells.

 These cells are attached to the sieve tubes.

1. They transport manufactured food from leaves

Micrograph of Epithelial Tissue

1. It protects the underlying tissue.

 These are elongated cells that

Micrograph of Columnar Epithelium

1. The goblet cells secrete mucus.

 This tissue has the

1. Goblet cells secrete mucus that traps the dust

Learn !!! Learn !!! Learn !!!

 We will look at 3 types of muscle tissue.

 Also known as the stripped muscle.

L/S striated muscle

Can you explain what is meant by

 Also known as the smooth muscle.

Can you explain the term

 This tissue is made up of motor neurons.

body and axon.

 The sensory neuron

We will be looking at the following connective

basic structure as the

1. White fibrous tissue makes up the tendons.

1. Act as shock absorbers

Structure of Yellow Elastic Cartilage