NEET Biology question

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Path of water movement from soil to xylem is

(A)Soil → root hair → cortex → pericycle → endodermis → metaxylem → protoxylem
(B)Soil → root hair → cortex → endodermis → pericycle → protoxylem → metaxylemCorrect
(C)Soil → root hair → epidermis → cortex → phloem → xylem
(D)Soil → root hair → epidermis → cortex → endodermis → phloem → xylem

Answer: (B)

Solution

Water absorbed by root hairs travels radially inward through the epidermis and cortex, crosses the endodermis (through the Casparian-strip-free passage cells or symplastically), then the

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