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Leaf Structure (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Combined Science): Revision Note

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Identifying Leaf Structures in a Dicotyledonous Plant

  • You will be expected to identify the following structures in the leaf of a dicotyledonous plant:

    • Chloroplasts

    • Cuticle

    • Guard cells

    • Stomata

    • Upper and lower epidermis

    • Palisade mesophyll

    • Spongy mesophyll

    • Air spaces

    • Vascular bundles (xylem and phloem)

Structure of a leaf, IGCSE & GCSE Biology revision notes

Diagram showing the cross-section of a leaf

Leaf Photomicrograph

 An electron micrograph of a leaf

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