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Parenchyma
Visceral tissue found inside organs of animals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about parenchyma in animals including humans. For information specific to plants, see Ground tissue § Parenchyma.
Not to be confused with Paronychium.
Parenchyma (/pəˈrɛŋkɪmə/)[1][2] 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 that fills the interior of flatworms. In botany, it is used to refer to some layers in the cross-section of the leaf.[3]
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