Question

₩hy do meristematic cells have a prominent muscles and dense cytoplasm but they lack muscles?

Answer 1

The question is: Why do meristematic cells have a prominent nucleus and dense cytoplasm but lack a vacuole?

Meristematic cells have a prominent nucleus and a dense cytoplasm but lack a vacuole, this is so because meristematic cells have an ability to divide and form new cell. Vacuoles have a function of storing food and other nutrients that a cell might need to survive. But, there is no point in storing food and other nutrients when the cell has to divide.