Question

epidermal cell are protective in nature" justify and support your answer with two example
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Answer 1

epidermal protects an organism. in plants there is epidermis

Answer 2

Answer:

(i) Epidermis plays a protective role. It protects all the external parts of a plant against loss of water.

(a) In some desert plants, the epidermis has a thick waxy coating of cutin that prevents water loss from the plants.

(b) Epidermal cells on the aerial parts of the plant secrete a waxy, water resistant layer, on the outer surface that helps in protection against loss of water and mechanical injury.

(ii) Dendrite receives impulses in neuron.