Casparian strip 華 Radial wall Transverse wall Outside of root Outside of root Cortex Inside root Endodermis- (A) FIGURE 7-13 (A) The endodermis is a cylinder, one layer of cells thick, each with Casparian strips. The best analogy is a brick chimney: It is a cylinder, one layer thick. The cement is analogous to the Casparian strips. (B) No apoplastic transport occurs across the endodermis. Materials that have been moving apoplastically (1) are stopped and can proceed farther only if the endodermis plasma membrane accepts them (2). Symplastic transport (3) is not affected. Plasma membranes that are impermeable to a particular type of molecule prevent that molecule from crossing the endodermis. (C) The endodermis in this corn is relatively easy to see: In all el, Casparian strips are visible as red lines on the radial walls. In a few cells, only Casparian strips are present, but in many, the radial walls and inner tangential walls have started to thicken; it is unusual for this development to start so early (×200). 3 Endodermis (B) (C)

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As shown. What are the four diffusion paths that a molecule might follow as it travels through the root epidermis and cortex? Why does this diagram stop at the endodermis? What happens at the endodermis?

Casparian
strip
華
Radial
wall
Transverse
wall
Outside
of root
Outside
of root
Cortex
Inside
root
Endodermis-
(A)
FIGURE 7-13 (A) The endodermis is a cylinder, one layer of
cells thick, each with Casparian strips. The best analogy is a brick
chimney: It is a cylinder, one layer thick. The cement is analogous
to the Casparian strips. (B) No apoplastic transport occurs across
the endodermis. Materials that have been moving apoplastically
(1) are stopped and can proceed farther only if the endodermis
plasma membrane accepts them (2). Symplastic transport (3)
is not affected. Plasma membranes that are impermeable to a
particular type of molecule prevent that molecule from crossing
the endodermis. (C) The endodermis in this corn is relatively easy
to see: In all el, Casparian strips are visible as red lines on the
radial walls. In a few cells, only Casparian strips are present, but in
many, the radial walls and inner tangential walls have started to
thicken; it is unusual for this development to start so early (×200).
3
Endodermis
(B)
(C)
Transcribed Image Text:Casparian strip 華 Radial wall Transverse wall Outside of root Outside of root Cortex Inside root Endodermis- (A) FIGURE 7-13 (A) The endodermis is a cylinder, one layer of cells thick, each with Casparian strips. The best analogy is a brick chimney: It is a cylinder, one layer thick. The cement is analogous to the Casparian strips. (B) No apoplastic transport occurs across the endodermis. Materials that have been moving apoplastically (1) are stopped and can proceed farther only if the endodermis plasma membrane accepts them (2). Symplastic transport (3) is not affected. Plasma membranes that are impermeable to a particular type of molecule prevent that molecule from crossing the endodermis. (C) The endodermis in this corn is relatively easy to see: In all el, Casparian strips are visible as red lines on the radial walls. In a few cells, only Casparian strips are present, but in many, the radial walls and inner tangential walls have started to thicken; it is unusual for this development to start so early (×200). 3 Endodermis (B) (C)
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