Block 6: Plant internal structures

Introduction

Plant anatomy is the study of internal structure of plant organs by technique of section cutting. This study is facilitated by the use of microscope by which the structure of the cells and tissues can be observed and described. Modern plant anatomy tries to relate structure to function, ecological adaptation, and evolution.

Learning objectives

At the end of the block, students will be able to:

-  describe the internal structure of a seed plant;

-  locate the different plant tissues in dicots and monocots;

-  label a drawing showing the internal parts of a monocot and dicot  organ;

-  explain primary and secondary growth in monocots and dicots;

-  associate the function to the structure of each type of plant tissue;

prepare anatomical sections in various plant organs and describe tissues under light microscope