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The Xylem cells are basically transport cells that act like a highway for the water to travel to its necessary areas. They are long empty tubes tightly fitted together and joined end to end, containing lignin that prevents them from collapsing.

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14y ago

it is drawn up by transpiration

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Dosent it move by the cohesion tension theory?

when water is pulled up through the xylem by an attraction of water to the tissue

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A xylem cell will carry water using the elongated cells that it is made up of. The xylem is the organ that will distribute water and nutrients in the plants.

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As water moves out of a leaf, more water moves up through the xylem.

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