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Cell Types

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.

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