Parenchyma Diagram Class 11. Parenchyma tissue also known as mesenchymal tissue is spongy tissue. A cluster of similar cells performing the same specialized function is known as a tissue.
Parenchyma is a term used to describe the functional tissues in plants and animals. They store food and provide temporary support to the plant. In zoology it is the name for the tissue that fills the interior of flatworms.
This tissue is functional performing tasks such as photosynthesis in plants or storing information in the human brain as opposed to structural tissues like wood in plants or bone in animals.
Permanent tissues are simple and complex. Since plants are multicellular enclosing a huge number of cells each performing an activity. Parenchyma is a term used to describe the functional tissues in plants and animals. It is surrounded.
