renal parenchyma


parenchyma

 [pah-reng´kĭ-mah] the essential or functional elements of an organ, as distinguished from its framework, which is called the stroma. adj., adj paren´chymal, parenchym´atous.parenchyma of prostate glandular substance consisting of small compound tubulosaccular or tubuloalveolar glands, making up the bulk of the prostate; it is surrounded by muscular substance and permeated by muscular strands.renal parenchyma the functional tissue of the kidney, consisting of the nephrons.