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What shape is a root hair cell?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

it's shaped like a tear-drop

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How does the shape of the root hair cell help to do its job?

The shape of the root hair cell increases its surface area, allowing for more efficient absorption of water and minerals from the soil. The elongated shape also helps the cell to penetrate between soil particles, enhancing nutrient uptake.


Why does a root hair cell have this shape?

because it just does


Explain the shape of a root hair cell?

A root hair cell is a tubular branch outgrowth at the plant's roots. It approximately measures between 5 and 17 micrometers.


Why does a root hair cell have its shape?

because that is how it was bornand it WILL stay like that forever


Where in the organism is the cell found in a root hair cell?

The root hair cell is found in the root system of a plant, specifically near the tips of the roots where they are actively growing. These cells extend from the root epidermis and are specialized for water and nutrient absorption from the soil. The elongated shape of root hair cells increases the surface area for absorption.


Does the root hair cell have a cell wall?

yes. A root hair cell has a cell wall.


Is a root hair a cell?

a root hair cell is the base of the plant


Why is a root hair that shape?

root hair, the rhizoid of a vascular plant, is a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root. As they are lateral extensions of a single cell and only rarely branched, they are invisible to the naked eye. They are found only in the region of maturation of the root. Just prior to the root hair cell development, there is a point of elevated phosphorylase activity


Dose a root hair cell have a cell membrane?

yes, all root hair cells have a cell membrane


What is the function of a root hair in a root hair cell?

a nucleus alwys controls whatever the cell does.


What is the size of the root hair cell?

The root hair single cell is 80 - 1500um long. Its diameter is 5-17um. The root hair cell life is 2-3 weeks.


Where is a root hair cell?

On the tips of the root