Vasiform (Adjective)
Meaning
Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Xylem is a type of vascular tissue in plants that has vasiform cells, allowing water to be transported efficiently.
- In anatomy, vasiform structures such as veins and arteries enable blood circulation throughout the body.
- Certain fungi, such as morels, possess a unique vasiform capillitium within their spores, allowing spores to spread and grow.
- Tracheae, air-filled tubes within insect respiratory systems, serve a vasiform function to help exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.
- Root hairs have thin vasiform structures at the root-hair base where essential water and nutrient absorption occur in the root epidermal cell layer.