Spongy mesophyll
What Spongy mesophyll means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Tissue below the palisade layer in a leaf whose rounded cells are loosely arranged, leaving many large air spaces between them.
Loosely packed cells with air spaces that let carbon dioxide and oxygen diffuse to and from cells.
Tissue below with rounded cells and air spaces that let carbon dioxide diffuse to cells.
Topics that use Spongy mesophyll
- Plant tissues (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Air spaces
- Chloroplasts
- Epidermal tissue
- Gas exchange and diffusion
- Guard cells
- Meristem tissue
- Palisade mesophyll
- Phloem
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