21.

1 Plant Cells and Tissues TEKS 5B, 10B, 10C

KEY CONCEPT
Plants have specialized cells and tissue
systems.
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MAIN IDEAS

• Plant tissues are made of three basic cell types.

• parenchyma cell
• collenchyma cell
• sclerenchyma cell

• Plant organs are made of three tissue systems.

• dermal tissue
• ground tissue
• vascular tissue
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• plants have three main

organs,
• made up of three tissue
systems,
• mostly made up of three
basic cell types.
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Plant tissues are made of three basic cell types.

• 1. Parenchyma cells are the most

common plant cell type.
– store starch, oils and
water
– help heal wounds to
the plant
– have thin flexible walls
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• 2. Collenchyma cells provide support

to a growing plant.
–they are strong and flexible.
–celery strings are strands of
collenchyma.
–they have
unevenly
thick cell walls.
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• 3. Sclerenchyma cells are the strongest

plant cell type.
– second cell wall hardened by lignin
– die when they reach maturity
– used by humans
to make linen and
rope
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Plant organs are made of three tissue systems:

Dermal
Ground Tissue
Vascular Tissue

• 1. Dermal tissue covers the

outside of a plant.
– protects the plant
– secretes cuticle of leaves
– forms outer bark of trees
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2. Ground tissue is found inside

a plant.
- provides support
- stores materials in roots
and stems
- most commonly made of
parenchyma
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• 3. Vascular tissue transports water, minerals

and organic compounds.
– two networks of
stem
hollow tubes
– xylem transports
water and
minerals
leaf

– phloem transports
photosynthetic root

products