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parenchyma
[ puh-reng-kuh-muh ]
noun
- Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- Anatomy, Zoology. the specific tissue of an animal organ as distinguished from its connective or supporting tissue.
- Zoology. a type of soft, spongy connective tissue of certain invertebrates, as the flatworms.
- Pathology. the functional tissue of a morbid growth.
parenchyma
/ 藢p忙r蓻艐藞k瑟m蓹t蓹s; p蓹藞r蓻艐k瑟m蓹 /
noun
- unspecialized plant tissue consisting of simple thin-walled cells with intervening air spaces: constitutes the greater part of fruits, stems, roots, etc
- animal tissue that constitutes the essential or specialized part of an organ as distinct from the blood vessels, connective tissue, etc, associated with it
- loosely-packed tissue filling the spaces between the organs in lower animals such as flatworms
parenchyma
- The basic tissue of plants, consisting of cells with thin cellulose walls. The cortex and pith of the stem, the internal layers of leaves, and the soft parts of fruits are made of parenchyma. In contrast to sclerenchyma cells, parenchyma cells remain alive at maturity. They perform various functions, such as water storage, replacement of damaged tissue, and physical support of plant structures. Chloroplasts, the organelles in which photosynthesis takes place, are found in parenchyma cells.
- Compare collenchyma
Derived Forms
- parenchymatous, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫补路谤别苍顎僣丑测路尘补濒 辫补谤路别苍路肠丑测尘路补路迟辞耻蝉 [par-, uh, ng-, kim, -, uh, -t, uh, s], adjective
- in顎卼er路辫补路谤别苍顎僣丑测路尘补濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of parenchyma1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of parenchyma1
Example Sentences
Similarly, injection of tracers into the brain parenchyma showed reduced ISF drainage into deep cervical lymph nodes.
Enhancing amyloid-尾 clearance from the parenchyma is an alternative approach to modifying amyloid-尾 levels, and this is being pursued mainly through active and passive strategies of immunization against the peptide.
Magnetic resonance imaging and brain biopsy were consistent with fulminant demyelinating encephalomyelitis with enhancing parenchyma and leptomeninges.
RNA interference provides a direct way to study putative cancer targets; however, specific delivery of therapeutics to the tumor parenchyma remains an intractable problem.
Animals treated with stem cells after TBI were found to have M2 macrophages in their brain parenchyma.
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