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- Botany
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- Anatomy of Flowering Plants
NEET · Botany · Anatomy of Flowering Plants
What type of tissue is typically present in the cortex, pericycle,...
What type of tissue is typically present in the cortex, pericycle, pith and medullary rays of primary stems and roots?
Options
- AEpidermis
- BVascular bundles
- CParenchyma
- DCollenchyma
Correct answer
C. Parenchyma
Step-by-step solution
. All tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles constitute the ground tissue. It consists of simple tissues such as parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma. Parenchymatous cells are usually present in cortex, pericycle, pith and medullary rays, in the primary stems and roots. In leaves, the ground tissue consists of thin-walled chloroplast containing cells and is called mesophyll.