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mesophyll
plant leaf tissue located between the upper and the lower epidermis
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Mesophyll
Most of the interior of the leaf between the upper and lower layers of epidermis is a parenchyma (ground tissue) or chlorenchyma tissue called the mesophyll (= middle leaf).
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mesophyll
(mez-oh-fil) [Gk. mesos, middle + phyllon, leaf]
The ground tissue of a leaf, sandwiched between the upper and lower epidermis and specialized for photosynthesis.
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mesophyll Layer of leaf tissue between the epidermis layers; literally meaning "middle of the leaf". PICTURE
mesophytic leaves The leaves of plants that grow under moderately humid conditions with abundant soil and water.
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mesophyll Photosynthetic middle layer in the blade of a leaf; typically composed of palisade and spongy parenchyma.
mesophyte A plant that grows in soils that contain moderate or intermediate amounts of moisture.
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Mesophyll the middle layer of a leaf
(meso = middle; phyll = leaf)
Mesopotamia the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers also known as Babylon Persia and now Iran/Iraq
(meso = middle; potam = a river) ...
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Dense layers of mesophyll cells surround the bundle-sheath cells of C4 plants. Both the bundle-sheath cells and the rings of mesophyll cells are photosynthetic.
Below: A cross-section of a C4 leaf.
The Calvin Cycle in C4 Leaves ...
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Another group of plants, known as C4 plants, open their stomata in the day, but take advantage of PEPcarboxylase by having two different types of mesophyll cells: ordinary mesophyll cells containing PEPcarboxylase and exposed to the air spaces in the ...
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After entering through stomata, CO2 diffuses into a mesophyll cell.
Being close to the leaf surface, these cells are exposed to high levels of O2, but
have no RUBISCO so cannot start photorespiration (nor the dark reactions of the Calvin cycle).
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