What Is Symplast Pathway?

When water passes across from one living cell to another living cell through plasmodesmata, then it is called the symplast pathway. It is also called the trans-membrane pathway. Concept: Path of Water Across the Root.

What is symplast pathway in biology?

In symplastic pathway, the movement of water is in between the cytoplasm and the vacuoles through the plasma membranes and plasmodesmata and beyond the cortex of plant cells. ... as the water enters into one cell, this cell has a higher water potential than compared to the adjacent cell.

What is apoplast and symplast pathway?

Apoplast is the route the water moves through the cell walls and intercellular space of the root cortex. In the symplastic route, the water moves through the protoplasts of the root cortex. The apoplast route is the fully permeable route in which the water movement occurs in passive diffusion.