Types of Parenchyma

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a tissue composed of parenchyma cells which are thin-walled ‘general purpose’ plant cells that often have a packing function. Parenchyma cells remain alive at maturity and can become meristematic, as in INTERFASCICULAR CAMBIUM (see SECONDARY THICKENING).

Parenchyma tissue is found in the inner layers of leaves, in fruits and seeds, and in the cortex and pith of roots and stems. It is one of the three ground tissues in plants and is involved in photosynthesis, food storage, and secretion.

In animals, parenchyma comprises all of the functional tissue of an organ, but not the structural tissue. In the heart, the parenchyma is made up of myocytes; in the kidney, it is comprised of nephrons; and in the brain, it is comprised of glial cells and neurons.