2006-08-26 02:26:40 · 5 answers · asked by Sophia faith 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Pretty sure you mean protoplasm.
Protoplasm
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In biology, protoplasm is the living substance inside the cell. At the simplest level, it is divisible into cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. It is also sometimes termed "bioplasm", (Beale: meaning the essential substance of living matter within a cell) and is distinct from non-living cell components lumped under "ergastic substances". Ergastic substances can occur in the protoplasm. In many plant cells most of the volume of the cell is not occupied by protoplasm, but by "tonoplast": a large water filled vacuole enclosed by a membrane.
The idea that protoplasm is divisible into a ground substance called "cytoplasm" and a structural body called the Cell nucleus, reflects the more primitive knowledge of cell structure that preceded the development of powerful microscope of organic and inorganic substances, mysteriously directed by the nucleus and controlled by the cell membrane. Today, it is known that the cytoplasm is structurally very complex, and that protoplasm is living because of the complexity of the "cytoplasmic organelles" and their careful separation and orchestration of multiple chemical processes.
Protoplasm exists in three forms: solid state, liquid state and sometimes a combined solid and liquid state.
Whether the protoplasm is in either of the three forms depends upon the physiological state of the cell.
2006-08-26 02:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by yadayada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The complex, semifluid, translucent substance that constitutes the living matter of plant and animal cells and manifests the essential life functions of a cell. Composed of proteins, fats, and other molecules suspended in water, it includes the nucleus and cytoplasm.
2006-08-26 14:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definition:
contents of living cell: the colorless liquid or colloidal contents of a living cell, composed of proteins, fats, and other organic substances in water, and including the nucleus and cytoplasm
2006-08-28 02:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by hamdi_batriyshah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protoplasm is the physical basis of life. All the contents in the cell including nucleus is called protoplasm.
2006-08-27 19:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protoplasm exists in three forms: solid state, liquid state and sometimes a combined solid and liquid state.
2006-08-26 09:44:48 · answer #5 · answered by Miss LaStrange 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋