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Plant Anatomy: Tyloses and Pits

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To strengthen vessel members

To facilitate water movement

To aid in cell communication

To block water movement (correct)

Cell walls with primary layers

Cell walls with no layers

Cell walls with secondary layers (correct)

Cell walls with only middle lamella

To block water movement

To aid in cell division

To provide structural support

To facilitate communication or exchange fluid (correct)

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Tyloses are balloon-like outgrowths of parenchyma cells that obstruct water movement by bulging through the circular bordered pits of vessel members.
Pits are relatively thinner areas of the cell wall that allow adjacent cells to communicate and exchange fluids.
Pits are characteristic features of cell walls with secondary layers.