Palisade mesophyll
What Palisade mesophyll means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The main photosynthetic tissue of a leaf, sitting just below the upper epidermis and packed with chloroplasts so it absorbs most of the light that reaches the leaf.
Tissue lying near the upper surface, packed with chloroplasts and arranged so light is absorbed efficiently.
Cells near the upper surface that contain many chloroplasts for photosynthesis.
Topics that use Palisade mesophyll
- Plant tissues (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Air spaces
- Chloroplasts
- Epidermal tissue
- Gas exchange and diffusion
- Guard cells
- Meristem tissue
- Phloem
- Specialised plant cells
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