Question

What forms the stomatal apparatus?

Answer 1

Stomatal apparatus:

1. Stomata are the small pores that are present in the epidermal of leaves.
2. They regulate the process of transpiration and gaseous exchange.
3. The stomatal pore is enclosed between two bean-shaped guard cells and the inner walls of the guard cells are thick, while the outer walls are thin.
4. The guard cells are surrounded by subsidiary cells.
5. These are the specialized epidermal cells that are present around the guard cells.
6. The pores, the guard cells, and the subsidiary cells together form the stomata apparatus.