Parenchyma (/pəˈrɛŋkɪmə/) is the bulk of functional substance in an animal organ or structure such as a tumour. In zoology, it is the name for the tissue...

bulk of the plant body. Parenchyma cells have thin primary walls and usually remain alive after they become mature. Parenchyma forms the "filler" tissue...

structure, and function. They are of three types: Parenchyma Collenchyma Sclerenchyma Parenchyma (Greek, para – 'beside'; enchyma– infusion – 'tissue')...

Nodular parenchyma is a small mass of tissue within a gland or organ that carries out the specialized functions of the gland or organ. Nodular parenchyma entry...

Palisade cell, or palisade mesophyll cell are plant cells located inside the mesophyll of most green leaves. They are vertically elongated and are stacked...

in their vascular bundles, leaves are composed mainly of parenchyma cells. Some parenchyma cells, as in the epidermis, are specialized for light penetration...

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification...

tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which in some cases can store starch. In eudicotyledons, pith is...

tissue that makes the hormones is the parenchyma, whereas the stroma includes the nerves that innervate the parenchyma, the blood vessels that oxygenate and...

callus (plural calluses or calli) is a growing mass of unorganized plant parenchyma cells. In living plants, callus cells are those cells that cover a plant...