Presented By:

Milka RAHMAN

PLANT STRUCTURE Senior Biology Teacher

Mastermind English Medium
School 

AND FUNCTION Email  : 

milka.rahmanv@gmail.com
A TYPICAL PLANT CELL
DO YOU REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ANIMAL CELL & PLANT CELL?
LET US LIST DOWN THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ANIMAL CELL & PLANT CELL!
DO YOU GET THIS?
ULTRASTRUCTURE OF PLANT
CELL
LOOK AT THE SKETCH!
 PLASTIDS
Organelles of various types only
found in plant cells
Got double layered membranes
Two examples:
1. amyloplast – store starch grains
2. chloroplast – store chlorophyll for
photosynthesis process
LEARNING OUTCOME: XYLEM
STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
- What are the functions of
xylem?
- What are the types of xylem
tissue?
- What are protoxylem &
metaxylem?
- What are the different forms of
lignification?
- How’s xylem structure related
to its function?
 RECAP!
XYLEM & PHLOEM
FORMS THE
VASCULAR
BUNDLES IN PLANTS
Xylem is located in
roots, stems and leaves
 Leaf = Organ of the plant and it
surrounded by single transports water and
layer of cells = minerals from plant roots
Epidermis to aerial parts.
 Contains vascular
tissue xylem and
phloem
 Xylem & Phloem
organized in discrete
vascular bundles =
Functions:
-veins
Movement of water
- Support
Xylems have
small holes called
pits on their sides,
which allow water
to move laterally.
LIGNIN
Hard and rigid
substances
Deposited in various
ways
Xylem vessels have
cellulose cell wall
which becomes
lignified
Lignin is impermeable
which will not allow
substances to move in
or out and thus cell
contents die
Allows cell to
elongate
Mature xylem –
Young xylem bigger and
thicker
UNDER HIGH POWERED
MICROSCOPE
TRANSVERSE SECTION
XYLEM VESSEL: TISSUES
INVOLVED IN SUPPORT
SCLERENCHYMA (XYLEM
FIBERS)
THE DIAGRAM BELOW
SHOWS PART OF A PLANT
ROOT.
Region 1 contains xylem
tissue.

Explain why xylem is

described as a tissue.
Explain why xylem is
described as a tissue.
- group of similar cells
Remember!
- with similar structure, function,
& origin Xylem is known as
complex tissue because it is made up of
- they function to provide
different types of cells like vessels,
support, as wells as transport
Xylem cells are ions tracheids, xylem parenchyma, xylem fibr
water and mineral
like zombies in e. They both conduct water and minerals
that they up, give mechanical support and store
are dead when food for the plant and plant tissue.
functional.