Structural Organisation In Animals Question 233

Question: Cystoliths sometimes deposited in plant cells are crystals of (aggregation of) [CPMT 1978, 84, 85; MP PMT 1984, 87; AIIMS 1999]

Options:

A) Calcium oxalate

B) Calcium carbonate

C) Magnesium carbonate

D) Glucosides

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Cystolith: In the epidermal cells of Ficus bengalensis leaves, the crystals of $ CaCO_3 $ accumulate in a grape manner, called as cystolith.