Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781260259049
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 22.4, Problem 4MC
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To determine:

The functions of wood and bark.

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Among the various parts of a plant like the leaves, roots, stems and some others there are parts like wood and bark. They are hard structures and are present as the external structures and they are protective in function. Bark is composed of dead cells. It protects the internal structures of the plant like the vascular bundles.

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