柔じゅう組そ織しき

noun

parenchyma

Biological term for the functional tissue in plants and animals; in botany, it refers to the fundamental tissue of plants, and in anatomy, it denotes the functional parts of an organ as opposed to connective or structural tissue.

• 植しょく物ぶつの柔じゅう組そ織しきは光こう合ごう成せいや貯ちょ蔵ぞうなどの役やく割わりを担になっている。

  Plant parenchyma plays roles such as photosynthesis and storage.

• 肝かん臓ぞうの柔じゅう組そ織しきが損そん傷しょうすると、肝かん機き能のうが低てい下かする。

  When the liver parenchyma is damaged, liver function declines.