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the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels

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Parenchyma is the bulk of a substance. In animals, a parenchyma is the functional parts of an organ and in plants a parenchyma is ground tissue of nonwoody structures.

The term parenchyma is New Latin, f. Greek παρέγχυμα - parenkhuma, "visceral flesh", f. παρεγχεῖν - parenkhein, "to pour in" f. para-, "beside" + en-, "in" + khein, "to pour".^[1]

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In animals

The parenchyma are the functional parts of an organ in the body. This is in contrast to the stroma, which refers to the structural tissue of organs, namely, the connective tissues.

In cancer, the parenchyma refers to the actual mutant cells of the single lineage, whereas the stroma is the surrounding connective tissue and associated cells that support it.

Early in development the mammalian embryo has three distinct layers: ectoderm (external layer), endoderm (internal layer) and in between those two layers the middle layer or mesoderm. The parenchyma of most organs is of ectodermal (brain, skin) or endodermal origin (lungs, gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas). The parenchyma of a few organs (spleen, kidneys, heart) is of mesodermal origin. The stroma of all organs is of mesodermal origin.

Examples include:

Organ	Parenchyma
brain	neurons and glial cells
heart	myocyte
kidney	nephron
liver	hepatocyte
lungs	Lung parenchyma in its strictest sense refers solely to alveolar tissue with respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and terminal bronchioles. However, the term is often used loosely to refer to any form of lung tissue, also including bronchioles, bronchi, blood vessels and lung interstitium. Source: Medical Dictionary - 'Parenchyma Of Lung' In turn citing: Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 2006
ovary	Follicles with egg cells
pancreas	Islets of Langerhans and Pancreatic acini
spleen	white pulp and red pulp
placenta	placental villi, including the fetal vessels, and the maternal intervillous space; non-parenchyma comprises chorionic and decidual plates, fetal vessels of diameter >0.1 cm and intercotyledonary septa (Aherne, W. & Dunnill, M. S. (1966) Quantitative aspects of placental structure. J Path Bacteriol 91 123-139)

In plants

Further information: Ground tissue#Parenchyma

Parenchyma cells are thin-walled cells of the ground tissue that make up the bulk of most nonwoody structures, although sometimes they have lignified cell walls. Parenchyma cells in between the epidermis and pericycle in a root or shoot constitute the cortex, and tissue specialised for food storage commonly is parenchyma. They generally constitute "filler" tissue in the soft areas of the stems, leaves, root, flowers, fruits etc. Parenchyma cells within the center of the root or shoot constitute the pith. Parenchyma cells in the ovary constitutes the nucellus and are brick-like in formation. Parenchyma cells in the leaf constitute the mesophyll; they are responsible for photosynthesis and they allow for the interchange of gases.^[2]

Parenchyma is the most common and versatile ground tissue. It forms, for example, the cortex and pith of stems, the cortex of roots, the mesophyll of leaves, the pulp of fruits, and the endosperm of seeds. Parenchyma cells are living cells and may remain meristematic at maturity, meaning that they are capable of cell division. They have thin but flexible cellulose cell walls, and are generally polygonal when close-packed, but approximately spherical when isolated from their neighbours. They have large central vacuoles, which allows the cells to store and regulate ions, waste products and water.

Parenchyma cells have a variety of functions:

In leaves, they form the mesophyll and are responsible for photosynthesis and the exchange of gases,^[3] parenchyma cells in the mesophyll of leaves are a specialized parenchymatous tissue known as chlorenchyma (parenchyma with chloroplasts).
Storage of starch, protein, fats and oils and water in roots, tubers (e.g. potato), seed endosperm (e.g. cereals) and cotyledons (e.g. pulses and groundnut)
Secretion (e.g. hydathodes, nectaries and cells lining the inside of resin ducts)
Wound repair and the potential for renewed meristematic activity
Other specialized functions such as aeration (aerenchyma) and support

The form of parenchyma cells varies with their function. The epidermal parenchyma cells of a leaf are barrel shaped in cross section, but have a variety of outline shapes ranging from simple polygons to strongly branched and interlocked shapes resembling the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, as in the leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. In the epidermis of higher plants, only the guard cells have chloroplasts. This tissue serves as a barrier wall and protects the internal tissues from injury.^[3] In the spongy mesophyll of a leaf, parenchyma cells range from near-spherical and loosely arranged with large intercellular spaces^[3] to branched or stellate, mutually interconnected with their neighbours at the ends of the arms to form a three-dimensional network, as in the red kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris and other mesophytes.^[4] These cells, with the epidermal guard cells of the stoma, form a system of air spaces and chambers that regulate the exchange of gases. They usually contain plastids of various functions, such as photosynthesis or food storage.^[3]

References

^ Parenchyma at eMedicine Dictionary
^ Leaves
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Leaves
^ Jeffree CE, Read N, Smith JAC and Dale JE (1987). Water droplets and ice deposits in leaf intercellular spaces: redistribution of water during cryofixation for scanning electron microscopy. Planta 172, 20-37

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