Introduction to the Plant Anatomy - Practice Questions & MCQ

Introduction to the Plant Anatomy

• The branch of botany dealing with the internal structure of the plants is called plant anatomy. 
• Nehemiah Grew (26 September 1641 – 25 March 1712), an English plant anatomist and physiologist, is known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy".
• Plants have cells as the basic unit. 
• These cells are organized into tissues and tissues are organized into tissue systems which in turn form the plant body.
• Hence, the organs of plants like leaves, stems, roots, flowers, etc. are tissue systems.
• They are different in their internal organization.
• The anatomy of plants also shows a modification to adapt to their environment.

Tissues:

• A tissue can be defined as a group of physically linked cells and associated intercellular substances having a common origin and specialized for performing a particular identical function.
• The formation of tissue increases efficiency and provides for better coordination.
• There are two types of plant tissues based on whether they are capable of dividing or not: