COLLENCHYM

A CELLS
 FUNCTIONS
• Collenchyma cells • Most notably,
• The thickened walls
provide structural collenchyma cells serve
of the collenchyma
support, protecting the growing parts of the
cells enable them to
plant by serving as an plant, such as shoots and
provide additional
inner framework, much leaves, both by
support to the areas
like bones do for providing support and
where they are
humans and other by filling in vacant
found.
animals. spaces that will be used
for later growth.
COLLENCHYMA CELLS
SPECIALIZED FUNCTION
• Collenchyma cells contain protoplasm and do not have
any intercellular gaps. The cells are alive and have
protoplasm at first, but as impermeable secondary walls
(lignin) form, they become dead, thick, and rigid.
• It undergoes dedifferentiation to form phellogen or cork
cambium and regain meristematic activity.
• It often contains chloroplasts and performs
photosynthesis and accumulates food.
 WHAT MAKE
COLLENCHYMA UNIQUE?
• the cells can extend and thus
adjust to increased growth of
An important feature the organ. The tissue is found
of collenchyma is that chiefly in the cortex of stems
it is extremely plastic and in leaves and is the
primary supporting tissue for
many herbaceous plants.
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