NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lateral meristems are known as secondary meristems because they are responsible for secondary growth, or increase in stem girth and thickness. Meristems form anew from other cells in injured tissues and are responsible for wound healing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants with secondary growth produce a lateral meristem called the cork cambium that produces cells that form a new skin that is called the periderm. Unlike the vascular cambium, the cork cambium usually is not a continuous cylinder.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cambium (lateral meristem) is situated below the bark and is responsible for the increase in the girth of the stem or root.

Detailed explanation-4: -The intercalary meristem is responsible for the increase in girth of the plant.

Detailed explanation-5: -Apical meristem helps in increasing the girth of a plant.