A major characteristic of the monocot root is the presence of:

1. Scattered vascular bundles
2. Vasculature without cambium
3. Cambium sandwiched between
phloem and xylem along the radius
4. Open vascular bundles

Subtopic:  Anatomy of Root |
 55%
NEET - 2015
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You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical structures will you use to distinguish between the two?

1. Secondary xylem

2. Secondary phloem

3. Protoxylem

4. Cortical cells

Subtopic:  Dicot Stem |
 68%
AIPMT - 2014
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Tracheids differ from the tracheary elements in:

1. Having casparian strips

2. Being imperforate

3. Lacking nucleus

4. Being lignified

Subtopic:  Complex Tissue: Xylem |
AIPMT - 2014
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Lenticels are involved in:
1. Gaseous exchange
2. Food transfer
3. Photosynthesis
4. Transpiration

Subtopic:  Activity of Cork Cambium |
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AIPMT - 2013
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The common bottle cork is a product of:

1. dermatogen

2. phellogen

3. xylem

4. vascular cambium

Subtopic:  Activity of Cork Cambium |
 77%
AIPMT - 2012
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Companion cells are closely associated with:

1. Sieve elements

2. Vessel elements

3. Trichomes

4. Guard cells

Subtopic:  Complex Tissue: Phloem |
 93%
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AIPMT - 2012
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Closed vascular bundles lack:

1. Ground tissue

2. Conjuctive tissue

3. Cambium

4. Pith

Subtopic:  Vascular Tissue System |
 89%
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AIPMT - 2012
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Water containing cavities in vascular bundles are found in:

1. Sunflower

2. Maize

3. Cycas

4. Pinus

Subtopic:  Monocot Stem |
 67%
AIPMT - 2012
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Gymnosperms are also called softwood spermatophytes because they lack:

1. Cambium

2. Phloem fibres

3. Thick-walled tracheids

4. Xylem fibres

Subtopic:  Complex Tissue: Xylem |
AIPMT - 2012
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Ground tissue includes:

1.  all tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles

2.  epidermis and cortex

3.  all tissues internal to endodermis

4.  all tissues external to endodermis

Subtopic:  Ground Tissue System |
 90%
AIPMT - 2011
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