palisade mesophyll cells

• found in leaves are rectangular box shaped cells that contain chloroplasts
• chloroplasts are able to absorb large amount of light for photosynthesis
• also move around in cytoplasm in order to maximise amount of light absorbed
• cell wall function

  supports and protects cell, helps maintain shape and rigidity of cell, barrier, regulates movement of substances in and out of cells
• main function of a palisade mesophyll cell is to photosynthesise
• they have a large vacuole, and because of that the chloroplasts are in the outer region of cell where they will be exposed to sunlight
• thin cell walls to enable diffusion of substances
• label the cell

  A) cell wall

  B) vacuole

  C) cell membrane

  D) chloroplasts

  E) nucleus

  F) cytoplasm