Question

Write any 10 observations when permanent slides of parenchyma and sclerenchyma are kept under compound microscope.

Answer 1

PARENCHYMA-CELL
•shape of a cell-oval or spherical
•loosely arranged
•intercellular spaces -present
•lumen is absent
•Nucleus-present
•cellwall- present
•cytoplasm-present
•wall is deeply stained

SCLERENCHYMA-CELL
•shape - elongated & polygonal
•arrangement- compact
•intercellular spaces -absent
•lumen-present
•cellwall- present
•nucleus-absent
•walls are midly stained
•cytoplasm-absent