Lenticels MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Lenticels

• These are the air exchange structures in a woody tree.
• It consists of loosely arranged thin walled cells that are present in the form of small protrusions on the surface of the trunk, roots and fruits.
• Lenticels are never present on leaves.
• These are formed at certain regions when the cork cambium cuts off loosely arranged cells instead of cork cells. 
• The loosely arranged cells of the lenticels that surround the opening are called complementary cells.