CELL TYPE CYTOPLASMIC FEATURES CELL WALL FEATURES 3-D GEOMETRY
Vessel Element 
Series of Vessel Elements are longitudinally joined end to end via perforation plates to form Vessels
  
No cytoplasm at maturity 
Diameter of lumen is much larger than  thickness of cell wall

 

Unevenly thickened secondary cell wall with circular or  elliptical bordered pits 
Perforation Plates (Transverse end walls) vary:
  • Simple
  • Scalariform
  • Foraminate
Cell Wall / Lumen Ratio very small
 
Axial Tracheid
Transverse Isodiametric
Longitudinal  Elongated cylinder with tapered ends.  Longest axis is vertical direction.