Stroma may refer to:

Biology

* Stroma (tissue), 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. It is the upper layer of two in the iris. Structure The stroma is a delicate interlacement of fibres. Some circle the circumference of the iris and the majority radiate toward the pupi ...

, 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 membrane anteriorly, and Descemet's membrane posteriorly. At its cent ...

, 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 red blood cell, encloses Hemoglobin proteins within the red blood cell **In mycology, a stroma is 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), and the sub-organelles or daughter cells, where photosynthesis is commenced before the chemical c ...

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

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 mucosa ...

, a connective tissue cell of any organ; supports the function of the parenchyma

Places

Island of Stroma The Island of Stroma or Isle of Stroma or Stroma, is an uninhabited island off the northern coast of the mainland of Scotland, just north of John o' Groats. It is the most southerly of the islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney is ...

, a now uninhabited island off the northern coast of Scotland

People

Freddie Stroma Frederic Wilhelm C. J. Sjöström (born 8 January 1987), known professionally as Freddie Stroma, is an English actor and model, known for his work in roles including Cormac McLaggen in the ''Harry Potter'' film series; Adam Cromwell on the Li ...

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

Stroma Buttrose Stroma Buttrose (20 October 1929 – 26 February 2020) was an Australian architect, who became the first female Planning Assistant in South Australia, joining the Town Planners Office in 1957 (later called the State Planning office). Buttrose is ...

(born 1929), Australian architect

Other

Stroma (musical group) Stroma is a mixed 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 (NZSO). It focuse ...

, a New Zealand chamber music ensemble

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