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- 4. strengthen seed coats and are responsible for gritty-textured flesh of some fruits
- 7. surround all the nerve fibers and produce myelin sheath similar to the oligodendrocytes
- 10. responsible for the production of the myelin sheath
- 13. cells that are mostly responsible for the synthesis and storage of plant food
- 14. a type of connective tissue that has more flexible matrix than bone
- 15. prevents loss of water and invasion of disease-causing microorganisms
- 16. groups of cells that work together to perform a specialized function
- 17. composed of sieve-tube elements that help in the transport of nutrients throughout the plant’s body
- 18. muscles that are found in the walls of hollow organs such as intestines, stomach, bladder, blood vessels, and uterus
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- 1. a meristematic tissue that responsible for the primary growth of plants
- 2. covers the whole body of nonwoody and young woody plants and is protected by a waxy cuticle
- 3. a type of epithelial cell that has more than two layers
- 5. cells that provide a furnishing flexible support to immature parts of plants
- 6. used in transportation of substance, immune response, and blood clotting
- 7. slit-like structures on the lower epidermis of leaves which aids in the exchange of gases between plants and the environment
- 8. organisms that belong to the same species and live in the same area
- 9. the basic unit of the nervous system that consists of structures that can conduct electrochemical signals as a form of information
- 11. specialized structures that regulate the opening and closing of stomata
- 12. a type of animal tissue that forms the inner and outer lining of organs, the covering in surfaces, and the primary glandular tissue of the body
- 19. a part of lateral meristem that gives rise to cork cells which replaces epidermis of plants once they mature