NEET BIOLOGY

STRUCTURAL ORGANISTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Incision in the leaf does not reach the midrib in
A
Simple leaf
B
Bipinnately compound leaf
C
Tripinnately compound leaf
D
More than one option is correct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A leaf is said to be simple, when its lamina is entire or when incised, the incisions do not touch the midrib. When the incisions of the lamina reach up to the midrib breaking it into a number of leaflets, the leaf is called compound.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus the correct answer is (1) simple leaf because only the lamina of a simple leaf does not touch the midrib .

Detailed explanation-3: -Incisions of lamina means V shaped cuts of leaf balde. Here it refers when leaf blade is has cuts in such a way that these cuts reach upto mibrib of leaf. This is the characteristic of compound leaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Simple Leaf-the lamina or the leaf blade is undivided. Even if there are small divisions, they do not reach the midrib and divide the lamina. Compound Leaf-The leaf blade is divided from the midrib into two or more parts.

Detailed explanation-5: -This is an incision performed during both endonasal (closed) and external (open) rhinoplasty. This incision is made along the inferior (caudal) border of the lower lateral cartilages to expose the nose for rhinoplasty.

There is 1 question to complete.