Which of the following consists of the interconnected porous cell walls of a plant along which water and mineral ions move freely?

A) Symplast
B) Chloroplast
C) Plasmodesmata
D) Apoplast
E) Endodermis

Apoplast

A continuum consisting of the interconnected, porous plant cell walls, along which water moves freely. Compare with symplast.

Plasmodesmata

Microscopic channels that traverse the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.

Symplast

The interconnected cytoplasmic network in plants, allowing for transport and communication between cells via plasmodesmata.