Air gap

Japanese: 空気間隙 - くうきかんげき
Air gap

…In this way, in addition to the movement of substances between cells through the cell membrane (plasma membrane), it is necessary to consider the role of plasmodesmata. On the other hand, there are often some intercellular spaces between the cells that make up the parenchyma, and these spaces often contain air, making them air spaces. Among the air spaces, those that exist in the mesophyll tissue, which consists of the palisade and spongy tissue of the leaf, are connected to the outside world through stomata. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "air gap" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…このようにして,細胞間の物質の移動には細胞膜(原形質膜)を通して行われる移動のほかに,原形質連絡の役割を考える必要がある。一方,柔組織を構成する細胞間には多くの場合多少なりとも細胞間隙(かんげき)が存在し,その間隙には空気があって空気間隙となっていることが多い。空気間隙のうち,葉の柵状組織・海綿状組織からなる葉肉組織に存在するものは,気孔を通して外界と連絡している。…

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