stroma
IPA: strˈoʊmʌ
noun
- (anatomy) The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it.
- An island off the north coast of Scotland, uninhabited since the 1960s.
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Examples of "stroma" in Sentences
- Histology shows oedema in the stroma.
- These are surrounded by fibroblastic stroma.
- The stroma of all organs is of mesodermal origin.
- The areas between grana are referred to as stroma.
- The stroma of the iris consists of fibers and cells.
- This trisomy is confined to the chorionic villus stroma.
- The epithelium is separated from the stroma by a membrane.
- The stroma in animal tissue is contrasted with the parenchyma.
- Descemetoceles occur when the ulcer extends through the stroma.
- Calvin cycle deals with photosynthesis in the stroma of the chloroplast.
- The stroma is a peculiar soft tissue, abundantly supplied with bloodvessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of ordinary connective tissue.
- Fibroblasts are found in connective tissue, which includes cartilage and the cellular matrix known as stroma that provides support to body structures, such as organs, glands and also tumors.
- After age 40, the changes in the breasts become more pronounced, as fatty tissue begins to replace the supportive, fibrous tissue known as the stroma, and skin starts to sag more — regardless of whether a woman has had kids, and nursed them, or not.
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