What is the structure and function of middle lamella?
Outermost layer, acts as adhesive, sticks to adjacent cells
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What is the structure and function of plasmodesmata?
Channels in cell walls, allow transport of substances between cells
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What is the structure and function of pits?
Regions where cell wall is thin, allows transport of susbtances
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What is the structure and function of chloroplast?
Flattened, double membrane tructuremembranes inside called thylakoid stacked up to form grana, site where photosynthesis takes place
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What is the structure and function of amyloplast?
Storage of starch grains, convert starch back to glucose when required
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What is the structure and function of vacuole and tonoplast?
Vacuole is a compartment surrounded by tonoplast membrane, vacuole contains cell sap, keeps it turgid and is involved in breakdown of unwanted chemicals, tonoplast controls what enters and leaves
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What organelles do both plant and animal cells share?
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