PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PLANT GROWTH
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I. Apical Meristems -> Primary
Growth
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A. Perpetuates Itself
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B. Cell Division + Cell Expansion
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C. Cell Expansion
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D. Remember that Plant Cells
don't slide or move past one another
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Movement is via Cell Expansion
(+Cell Division)
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E. Increases length and girth
of plant body
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F. Forms cells of primary plant
body though cell differentiation
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G. Components
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1. Protoderm -> Epidermis
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2. Procambium -> Primary Vasculature
+ Vascular Cambium
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3. Ground Meristem -> Cortex
+ Pith
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