Plant anatomy

2. each of a large number of elongated microscopic outgrowths from the outer layer of cells in a root, absorbing moisture and nutrients from the soil.
8. a straight tapering root growing vertically downward and forming the center from which subsidiary rootlets spring.
9. the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub
10. loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
13. broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
14. a part of a plant stem between two of the nodes from which leaves emerge.
15. The part of the pistil where pollen germinates.
16. tissues in plants that conduct foods made in the leaves to all other parts of the plant

1. the stalk that joins a leaf to a stem; leafstalk.
3. terminal portion of a root or root branch usually including the root cap and the meristematic region behind it
4. grows at the tip of a shoot and causes the shoot to grow longer.
5. the part of a stamen that contains the pollen.
6. connects the stigma and the ovary.
7. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
11. The enlarged basal portion of the pistil where ovules are produced.
12. the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge, often forming a slight swelling or knob.