Question

A plant leaf is constructed from a variety of cell types with specialized structures and functions. many of the properties of leaf cells facilitate some aspect of water transport.

Answer 1

The apoplast andsymplast are tworegions of the plantthat serve as pathwaysfor water and solutetransport over bothshort and longdistances. Thesepathways arerepresented by thearrows in the diagrambelow, which showsthree adjacent cells in a leaf or root.