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What organ system in an animal has a similar function to the xylem and phloem of plants?
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Xylem transports water up from the foots. Phloem carries food down from the leaves. The circulatory system in animals is the closest analogue.
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Is phloem in a plant or in an animal?
Phloem is found in plants.
What is the function of xylem and phloem in plants?
they r bothe tisues
What is the function of the cambium?
The cambium is the layer of actively dividing cells between the xylem and phloem tissues of plants. It is responsible for the secondary growth of plants.
What is the function of phloem in terrestrial plants?
transports sugar down from the leaves
What does a phloem plant look like?
Xylems and phloems look alike due to their specialized structure and function. Xylem in the vascular plants consists of similar tissues of trachieds, vessels and xylem parenchyma and perform the same function of transportation of water and minerals, hence it looks similar in all such plants. Likewise phloem consists of sieve tubes, companion cells and phloem parenchyma and perform the same function of conduction of food material to different plant parts.
What is the function of the bast in a tree?
The function of the bast a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from phloem of plants
How are ovaries in a plant and animal similar?
The ovaries of animals and plants are very similar in their physical form and function. Both are in charge of reproduction.
What is the function of phloem cells in plants?
It trans locate food in plants mainly. Also transport some minerals,molecules ,hormones etc
What ways are the function of the organ system of plants similar to those of animal?
Both of them are living things so they are alike :P
Is what ways are the function of the organ system paint similar to those animal in that way they different?
in what ways are the functions of the organ systems of plants similar to those animals
Do Vascular plants have phloem?
Phloem as well as xylem
What are the functions of a xylem vessel?
function of xylem vessel is water conduction
