Learn: Abeka Biology 10th Quiz 5 review 4.1-4.3

The section of a twig between the nodes is the

internode

The outer section of a woody stem that protects the stem and contains the phloem and vascular cambium is called the ________.

bark

The older, inner wood of a stem that can no longer conduct sap but serves only as support for the stem is called what?

heartwood

The alternating patterns in a woody stem consisting of distinct layers of springwood and summerwood are called what?

annual growth rings

The bundles of xylem and phloem tubes in a herbaceous stem are what kind of bundles?

vascular bundles

The large bud at the end of a twig that allows a stem to grow in length is the ____ bud?

terminal bud

Small openings in the bark that allow air to enter the stem are known as what?

lenticels

Trees, such as pines and firs, that grow tall and straight with small branches coming from a large central shaft have what type of branching?

spirelike branching

Wood is another name for what tissue?

xylem

The outer covering of a herbaceous monocot stem is the?

rind