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What are the single thread-like cells on the root epidermis called?

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Answered Feb 19, 2021

The single thread-like cells on the root epidermis are called root hairs. These root hairs are known to facilitate and encourage water absorption. Root hairs can also be referred to as absorbent hair. It is a trichoblast’s tubular outgrowth, a vascular plant’s rhizoid, a cell that forms on the hair on the epidermis of a plant root.

They have rear branches and are lateral extensions of a single cell. They can be seen with a light microscope, and you can also see them with your naked eyes. You can find them in the maturation region of the root.

There is an occurrence of elevated phosphorylase activity during and prior to the development of the root hair cell. The process through which plants absorb water from the soil is referred to as osmosis. The large surface area possessed by the root hair cells makes them perform this process effectively.

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C. Reyes

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

You would call this root hair. A root hair is a tubular root cell. There are different root hairs that will be available in plants. The main purpose of the root hair is to increase the exchange of the plant and the soil through the roots of the plant. Take note that plants, as producers, are required to gather enough nutrients in order to make food.

The main function of the root hair is to get enough water and nutrients coming from the rhizosphere. Root hair is also important because it will help increase the available root surface area. If you would look closely at the root of the plants, you can see root hairs even without using a microscope.

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F. Lopez

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Answered Feb 12, 2021

The cells on the root epidermis are referred to as root hairs, and these hairs encourage and assist with water absorption. The root hairs are lengthy, and they can penetrate between the soil particles inhibiting harmful bacteria organisms from coming into the plants through the xylem vessels.

A root hair is the rhizoid of a vascular plant, and it is a tube-like outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair forming cell on a plant root's skin. They are horizontal extensions of a single cell and are rarely divided. Plants soak up water from the soil by osmosis. Root hair cells are designed for this by having a large surface area to speed up osmosis. Another variation that they have is a large permanent vacuole.

Root hairs are where most water absorption occurs. Root hairs are long and can thwart harmful bacterial organisms from entering the plant through xylem vessels. Root hair cells are extensions at the tip of the plant's roots. They are located only in the zone of maturation, not the elongation zone, possibly because any hair root hairs that occur are cut off as the root lengthens and moves through the soil.

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Answered Jun 13, 2019

The correct answer to this question is root Hairs. It is also referred to as absorbent hair. It is on the vascular plant and is a rhizoid. Root hairs are lateral extensions and are not branched. The naked eye can see root hairs, and they can also be viewed under a light microscope.

Root hairs have many functions. Here is where water absorption occurs. The long length of the hairs can move between the particles of the soil. This process prevents bacterias that are harmful from entering the plant. Along with water, root hairs also collect mineral nutrients.

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Robert Hazlewood

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Answered May 23, 2019

The cells on the root epidermis are called root hairs, and these hairs encourage and facilitate water absorption. The root hairs are long, and they can penetrate between the soil particles preventing harmful bacterial organisms from coming into the plant through the xylem vessels. Root hairs help plants to absorb water and nutrients and are directly involved in the formulation of root nodules in legume plants.

The root hairs also curl around the bacteria, which forms an infection thread through into the dividing cortical cells to form the nodule. There is an equal distribution of the hair on these root cells.

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Orion thames

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Answered Sep 10, 2018

Root Hairs
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