Parenchyma -Parenchyma cells (a) make up the major portion of the primary plant body. They are usually thin-walled and vary in shape from spherical with many flat surfaces, to elongated, lobed, or folded.
As food storage cells, they occur in specialized organs
such as bulbs and tubers, in seeds (as endosperm), and in seed leaves (cotyledons).
Specialized parenchyma tissue (also called
aerenchyma) with intercellular air spaces aids water plants in floating.
Endosperm- tissue that surrounds and nourishes the
embryo in the seeds of angiosperms (flowering plants)
Cotyledons- an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants,
one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed.
Aerenchyma- a soft plant tissue containing air spaces,
found especially in many aquatic plants.
Starch grain- well-packed storehouse of glucose sugar
units.
Vacuole- a membrane-bound cell organelle.
vacuoles help maintain water balance. Collenchyma Cells Collenchyma cells (c) provide elastic support to stems and leaves due to variously thickened primary walls (d) containing cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, and water. These closely arranged, living cells are short or elongated in shape. They are usually found near the surface in the cortex around vascular bundles (e) of leaf petioles and stems. Cellulose- the main substance in the walls of plant cells Hemicellulose- it is present along with cellulose and the contribution of it is strengthening the cell wall in almost all terrestrial plant cell walls. Pectin- component of the cell walls of plants that is composed of acidic sugar and its function is that cell adhesion (which cells interact and attach to neighbouring cells) and wall hydration Petioles- the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem; leafstalk. Sclerenchyma Cells Sclerenchyma tissue cells function in mechanical support due to thick lignified secondary walls (f), which contain large amounts of cellulose and lignin. At maturity, some sclerenchyma cells no longer have living protoplasts. Lignin- adds compressive strength and stiffness to the plant cell wall Lumen- a membrane-defined space that is found inside several organelles, cellular components, or structures: thylakoid, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, mitochondrion, or microtubule. Fibers and sclerites are types of sclerenchyma cells. Protoplasts- somatic plant cells which lack cell walls Fibers - are elongated cells with pitted cell walls Sclerites- are dense (lignified), short cells which may look like stones, rods, bones, stars, or branched structures. Petioles- the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem; leafstalk.