alleryStart learning →Plant regions of continuous cell division and growth are known as what?
AStomata
BLenticels
CMeristems
DTrichomes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Meristems
1. Cells that keep dividing sit in meristems, the plant regions of continuous division and growth.
2. Meristematic cells are undifferentiated or only partly differentiated, so they can go on dividing.
3. Stomata are pores for gas exchange, lenticels are openings in woody bark, and trichomes are epidermal hairs, so none of them is a growth region.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 30 "Plant Form and Physiology", section 30.1 The Plant Body_
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