cambium and meristem?

Question

why is cambium considered to be lateral meristem?
the word meristem has been derived from which greek word:'moistos 'or 'meristo'?

Answer 1

Cambium is considered to be lateral meristem; by producing new wood and bark, it carries out secondary growth, or growth in diameter. Microscopic observation of thin transverse sections shows the cambium to be a one-cell-wide layer of dividing initials and of a small but varying number of undifferentiated derivative cells, which together form the cambial zone. Further division and differentiation of the derivative cells gives rise to wood and bark.


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Meristem is derived from the Greek word meristos, which means "to divide." Meristems are active regions of mitotic cell division (a process that results in the formation of new cells). At the tips of all stems, including the main stem and branches, and roots we can find apical meristems.

Answer 2

Meristem is tissue that divides. Lateral means on the side or sideways.

The cambium, located between the xylem and the phloem, only divides in one direction. It causes a growth in diameter but not height.

Answer 3

a lateral meristem foundin vascularplants that exibit secondry growthit gives rise secondry tissuemostly by periclinaldivisionof inials meristem...a region containing actively orpotencially actively dividing cellsincluding initials and there immediate undifferenciated derivatives.

Answer 4

Dicots have apical meristems and circular meristems. This allows them to grow in height and circumference. Mono cots only have apical meristimes.

Answer 5

the cambium is a layer or layers of tissue, also known as lateral meristems, that are the source of cells for secondary growth the meristem is the undifferentiated plant tissue from which new cells are formed, like that at the tip of a stem or root.

Answer 6

Because the cambial cells divide in a lateral manner.