Stroma may refer to:

Biology

Stroma (tissue) Stroma () is the part of a tissue (biology), tissue or organ (anatomy), organ with a structural or connective role. It is made up of all the parts without specific functions of the organ - for example, connective tissue, blood vessels, ducts, etc ...

, the connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological cell, tissue, or organ (in contrast, the parenchyma is the functional aspect of a tissue) **

Stroma of ovary The stroma of the ovary is a unique type of connective tissue abundantly supplied with blood vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped stroma cells. These appear similar to fibroblasts. The stroma also contains ordinary connective tis ...

, a soft tissue, well supplied with blood, consisting of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of connective tissue **

Stroma of iris The stroma of the iris is a fibrovascular layer of tissue located at the front of the iris. Structure The stroma is a delicate interlacement of fibres. Some circle the circumference of the iris and the majority radiate toward the pupil. Blood ...

, fibres and cells in the iris **

Stroma of cornea The stroma of the cornea (or substantia propria) is a fibrous, tough, unyielding, perfectly transparent and the thickest layer of the cornea of the eye. It is between Bowman's layer anteriorly, and Descemet's membrane posteriorly. At its centre, ...

, plates of collagen fibrils in the cornea **

Lymph node stromal cell Lymph node stromal cells are essential to the structure and function of the lymph node whose functions include: creating an internal tissue scaffold for the support of hematopoietic cells; the release of small molecule chemical messengers that facil ...

, cells which provide a scaffold for other lymph node cells ** Stroma of bone marrow ** Stroma (fungus), a tissue structure of some ascomycete mushrooms *

Stroma (fluid) Stroma, in botany, refers to the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast. Within the stroma are grana (stacks of thylakoid), the sub-organelles where photosynthesis is started before the chemical changes are completed in t ...

, the fluid between grana, where carbohydrate-forming reactions occur in the chloroplasts of photosynthetic plant cells *

Stromal cell Stromal cells, or mesenchymal stromal cells, are differentiating cells found in abundance within bone marrow but can also be seen all around the body. Stromal cells can become connective tissue cells of any organ, for example in the uterine mu ...

, a connective tissue cell of any organ; supports the function of the parenchyma * The nonmalignant cells which are present in the tumor microenvironment; see

People

Freddie Stroma Frederic Wilhelm C. J. Sjöström (born 8 January 1987), known professionally as Freddie Stroma, is a British-French actor. He is known for his work in roles including Cormac McLaggen in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, Adam Cromwell on the ...

(born 1987), British actor known for playing Cormac McLaggen in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' * Stroma Buttrose (born 1929), Australian architect

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Stroma (musical group) Stroma is a mixed Chamber music, chamber ensemble based in Wellington, New Zealand. It is New Zealand’s largest chamber ensemble, able to draw on over 20 players, many of whom are principal players with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZ ...

, a New Zealand chamber music ensemble *

Island of Stroma Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the Civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness, in the council area of Highland (council area), Highla ...

, a now uninhabited island off the northern coast of Scotland

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