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The outer cortical cells often acquire irregularly thickened cell walls, and are calledcollenchymacells.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collenchymacells are typically quite elongated, and may divide transversely to give a septate appearance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Stretchable support (without elastic snap-back) is a good way to describe whatcollenchymadoes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collenchymacells have thin primary walls with some areas of secondary thickening.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The plant cells which contain chloroplasts are usually parenchyma cells, though chloroplasts can also be found incollenchymatissue.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In its extended position, the cells of the entirecollenchymaare distended with water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The walls ofcollenchymain shaken plants (to mimic the effects of wind etc.), may be 40100% thicker than those not shaken.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collenchymacells are usually living, and have only a thick primary cell wall made up of cellulose and pectin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collenchymaprovides extra structural support, particularly in regions of new growth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collenchymatissue makes up things such as the resilient strands in stalks of celery.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The term was derived from the tissue in which the cells occur:collenchyma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The namecollenchymain turn was borrowed from botany because of a fancied, essentially irrelevant, resemblance between sponge tissue and a particular class of ground tissue in plants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlike thecollenchyma, mature sclerenchyma is composed of dead cells with extremely thick cell walls (secondary walls) that make up to 90% of the whole cell volume.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Composed of parenchyma,collenchymaand sclerenchyma cells.
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