cytoplasm
Organelle's surrounding medium
Cytoplasm is the gel-like substance filling a cell between the outer membrane and the nucleus.
It contains water, salts, and organic molecules, and hosts the cell's internal structures where most metabolic activity occurs.
In biology class, students learn that the cytoplasm suspends the organelles.
The adjective is cytoplasmic.
Cell's internal aqueous solution
- organellesSpecialized cell subunits
- ribosomesCellular translation machinery
- mitochondriaCell's energy-producing organelles
- lysosomesOrganelles containing breakdown enzymes
peroxisomes · vacuoles · vesicles · centrosome · chloroplasts · microtubules · microfilaments · inclusion bodies
Thick and slow-flowing
- semifluidPartly liquid consistency
- colloidalEvenly suspended throughout
- aqueousPertaining to liquid solutions
- jellylikeResembling a soft gel
cytosol · non-Newtonian · elastic · pliable · translucent · homogeneous · suspension · ground substance
Reaction-speeding proteins
- glycolysisGlucose metabolism producing ATP
- ATPCell's energy molecule
- protein synthesisAssembling amino acid chains
- ribosomesCellular translation machinery
fatty acid synthesis · catabolism · anabolism · biosynthesis · metabolites · biochemical reactions
Cytoplasmic division after mitosis
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- meiosisGamete-producing cell division
- daughter cellsCells from division
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- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- endocytosisCell engulfs external material
- exocytosisVesicular release from cells
cytosol
Cell's internal aqueous solution
- organellesSpecialized cell subunits
- ribosomesCellular translation machinery
- mitochondriaCell's energy-producing organelles
lysosomes · peroxisomes · vacuoles · vesicles · centrosome · chloroplasts · microtubules · microfilaments · inclusion bodies · cell membrane
viscous
Thick and slow-flowing
- semifluidPartly liquid consistency
- colloidalEvenly suspended throughout
- aqueousPertaining to liquid solutions
jellylike · cytosol · non-Newtonian · elastic · pliable · translucent · homogeneous · suspension · ground substance
enzymes
Reaction-speeding proteins
- glycolysisGlucose metabolism producing ATP
- ATPCell's energy molecule
- protein synthesisAssembling amino acid chains
ribosomes · fatty acid synthesis · catabolism · anabolism · biosynthesis · metabolites · biochemical reactions
cytokinesis
Cytoplasmic division after mitosis
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- meiosisGamete-producing cell division
streaming
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- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- endocytosisCell engulfs external material
- cellscells, blood cell, cell theory, nerve cell, red blood cell
- cyto- wordscytosol, cytoplasmic, cytokine, cytokinesis, cytogenetics
- cytoplasmcytosol
- microbe partsnucleus, cell membrane, flagellum, flagella, cilia
- plant cellscell wall, chloroplast, vacuole, cell membrane, nucleus
- biologycells, DNA, cell, biology, gene
cytoplasmnucleus
Central controlling part
nucleoplasm · chromatin · nuclear envelope · blood plasma · nucleolus
cytoplasmorganelles
Specialized cell subunits
cell membrane · plasma membrane · cytoskeleton · endoplasmic reticulum · mitochondria
cellular, neoplasm, cytology, ectoplasm, protoplasm, cytoskeleton, endoplasmic, ectoplasmic, ectoplasms