Leaf: anatomy

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Across
  1. 2. conducting water and dissolved minerals (inorganic nutrients), is usually located on the upper side of a vein
  2. 5. cells secrete a waxy layer, the cuticle
  3. 7. mesophyll when the cells are more loosely and more irregularly arranged
  4. 10. air spaces account for as much as 70 percent of the leaf’s volume
  5. 11. of some plants help reduce water loss from the leaf surface by retaining a layer of moist air next to the leaf
  6. 12. epidermis covers the upper surface
Down
  1. 1. venation is characteristic of monocot leaves
  2. 3. comes from Greek and means “the middle of the leaf”
  3. 4. or vascular bundles, of a leaf extend through the mesophyll
  4. 6. mesophyll is the main site of photosynthesis in the leaf
  5. 8. cells are usually the only epidermal cells with chloroplasts
  6. 9. is flanked by two specialized epidermal guard cells