Question

What is the transmembrane pathway?

Answer 1

Transmembrane pathway:

1. The symplast and apoplast routes combine to form the transmembrane pathway.
2. It is related to how water moves between and through cells and cell dividers.
3. The apoplast is found in plants and is a location outside of the cell wall where the material can circulate freely.
4. The air gap between plant cells and the fingernail skin of the plant is blocked by a Casparian strip found in the roots.
5. The symplast is the inner part of the plant, which is bounded by the plasma membranes.
6. It contains the complete network of the cytoplasm of plant cells that are connected by plasmodesmata.
7. Symplast is considered the living part of the plant tissue without the presence of cell walls and intercellular spaces in it.