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xylem functions
transport water and minerals, provide structural support
xylem structure
long cylinders, dead tissue, open ends, continuous column, thickened with lignin
phloem function
movement of nutrients to growing parts of the plant (translocation)
phloem structure
living cells, sieve tube, companion cells
apoplast pathway
through the cell wall, least resistant
symplast pathway
through the cytoplasm
vacuolar pathway
through the vacuoles, most resistant
casparian strip
band of cell wall, impermeable to solutes (ions) so blocks apoplastic pathway, regulates entry and water loss.