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Palisade cell

Biology · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

A column of cytoplasm packed with chloroplasts, standing where light is strongest in the leaf.

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  1. The cell and its parts
  2. Specialised cells
  3. Microscope parts and how to use it
  4. Magnification
  5. Preparing onion epidermis
  6. The animal cell in detail
  7. The plant cell in detail
  8. The nucleus
  9. The cell membrane
  10. Cytoplasm
  11. Mitochondria
  12. Chloroplasts
  13. The vacuole
  14. The cell wall
  15. Ribosomes, ER and microscope limits
  16. Cell theory
  17. Unicellular and multicellular
  18. Levels of organisation
  19. Red blood cell
  20. Root hair cell
  21. Palisade cell
  22. Sperm and egg
  23. The neurone
  24. Muscle cell
  25. White blood cell
  26. Ciliated epithelium
  27. Xylem vessel
  28. Comparing plant and animal cells
  29. Tissues
  30. Organs and systems