Multiple choice

Which among the following statements regarding the transverse section through the midrib region of a typical dorsi-ventral leaf is false?

  1. Intercellular spaces are absent in epidermis.

  2. Mesophyll is exclusively composed of sclerenchymatous cells.

  3. Palisade parenchyma contains a very large number of chloroplasts.

  4. Spongy parenchyma contains very few chloroplasts.

  5. Veins represent the vascular bundles.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mesophyll is the ground tissue that occurs between the two epidermal layers. It is exclusively composed of chlorenchyma cells. The mesophyll is characteristically differentiated into two regions namely, an upper palisade parenchyma and a lower spongy parenchyma.

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