Stem Anatomy Chapter Test

A mark on the stem where the leaf used to be

• bulb

• leaf scar

• cambium

• apical meristem

• bud scale scar

A specialized stem that is usually lying horizontally above the soil

• stolon

• bud scale scar

• apical meristem

• bulb

• bud scale

A specialized stem made of a short flat stem with many fleshy leaves attached

• corm

• bulb

• bud scale scar

• apical meristem

• bud scale

The location on the stem where leaves and buds are attached

• bud scale scar

• bulb

• node

• apical meristem

• bud scale

The tube-shaped cells inside of a stem that carry food down from the leaves

• bud scale scar

• apical meristem

• bulb

• phloem

• bud scale

An actively growing tip found inside a terminal or lateral bud

• apical meristem

• bud scale

• bulb

• cambium

• bud scale scar

The mark on the outside of a stem that allows gas to be exchanged

• lenticel

• apical meristem

• bulb

• bud scale

• bud scale scar

An area on a stem that lies between two leaves or buds

• bud scale scar

• internode

• apical meristem

• bulb

• bud scale

A small protective structure that can be seen on the outside of a bud

• apical meristem

• cambium

• bud scale scar

• bulb

• bud scale

A specialized stem with a tip that is swollen with stored food

• tuber

• bud scale

• bud scale scar

• bulb

• apical meristem