Specialized cell for plant

How this helps

Function of
Name of cell Specialized strcuture the cell to carry
cell
out the function
Root hair cell To absorb water Each cell has long
- Outside from the soil thin extension –
the allow water to
plant move easily from
root soil into the cell

Palisade cell To make food Contain chloroplast Chloroplast to

- Found by absorb light for
at the photosynthesis photosynthesis
leaf
Epidermal cell - To reduce
- Found water loss
at the - Allows
leaf gaseous
(outer exchange
layer) - Absorb water
and nutrient
Guard cell - Control -stoma: small pore between guard cell Stoma will open
- At the opening and during the day to
bottom closing of carry
layer of stoma photosynthesis
leaf
Stoma is close at
night or when
plant loses a lot of
water on a hot
day

- Cell : basic unit with specific function

- Tissue : cell with same function combined together
- Organ : different tissues work together to perform a specific function of an organ
- System: few organs with related function work together for a specific function
- Organism: all system work together