BOTANY

BOTANY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The membrane enclosed the vacuole is called ____
A
plasmalema
B
cell membrane
C
endoplasm
D
tonoplast
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The vacuoles are surrounded by a membrane called tonoplast and filled with cell sap. Also called the vacuolar membrane, the tonoplast is the cytoplasmic membrane surrounding a vacuole, separating the vacuolar contents from the cell’s cytoplasm.

Detailed explanation-2: -The vacuole is enclosed by a membrane, called a tonoplast.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tonoplast or vacuolar membrane is the living membrane of the vacuole. It separates the vacuolar contents from the cell’s cytoplasm. It helps the vacuole in maintaining the osmoregularity inside the cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -A tonoplast is actually the membrane that surrounds the large vacuole in a mature plant cell. We get the name ‘tonoplast’ from Greek, which translated looks something like ‘tone, tension, stretching, and molded. ‘ This would coincide well with where the tonoplast exists. It is also known as the ‘vacuolar membrane.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tonoplast is the membrane surrounding the vacuole.

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