(a) What is cytoplasm? What is its function?
(b) What is protoplasm? Name the four elements which make up the major part of protoplasm.
(a) What is cytoplasm? What is its function?
(b) What is protoplasm? Name the four elements which make up the major part of protoplasm.
a) Cytoplasm is the fluid that fills cells and serves several important functions. Cytoplasm holds the internal components of cells in place and protects them from damage. Cytoplasm stores molecules used for cellular processes, as well as hosts many of these processes within the cell itself
Functions of Cytoplasm
1. Cytoplasmic matrix contains enzymes for synthesis of fats, several carbohydrates, nucleotides, amino acids, proteins and coenzymes etc.
2. It has the mechanism to rapidly distribute nutrients, metabolites and enzymes through cyclosis.
3. Cytosol performs pentose phosphate pathway of aerobic respiration, glycolysis and anaerobic respiration.
4. It stores raw materials for its metabolism as well as the functioning of different cell organelles.
5. Cell organelles pass out their products into the cytoplasmic matrix.
6. Waste materials formed during metabolism are temporaily stored in cytosol before being eliminated.
7. Cell organelles exchange materials amongst themselves only through the cytoplasmic matrix.
8. It exchange materials with the extracellular environment for throwing out waste products and receiving raw materials
b) Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane. It is a general term for the cytoplasm. Protoplasm is composed of a mixture of small molecules such as ions, amino acids, monosaccharides and water, and macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and polysaccharides.
a) Cytoplasm is the fluid that fills cells and serves several important functions. Cytoplasm holds the internal components of cells in place and protects them from damage. Cytoplasm stores molecules used for cellular processes, as well as hosts many of these processes within the cell itself
Functions of Cytoplasm
1. Cytoplasmic matrix contains enzymes for synthesis of fats, several carbohydrates, nucleotides, amino acids, proteins and coenzymes etc.
2. It has the mechanism to rapidly distribute nutrients, metabolites and enzymes through cyclosis.
3. Cytosol performs pentose phosphate pathway of aerobic respiration, glycolysis and anaerobic respiration.
4. It stores raw materials for its metabolism as well as the functioning of different cell organelles.
5. Cell organelles pass out their products into the cytoplasmic matrix.
6. Waste materials formed during metabolism are temporaily stored in cytosol before being eliminated.
7. Cell organelles exchange materials amongst themselves only through the cytoplasmic matrix.
8. It exchange materials with the extracellular environment for throwing out waste products and receiving raw materials
b) Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane. It is a general term for the cytoplasm. Protoplasm is composed of a mixture of small molecules such as ions, amino acids, monosaccharides and water, and macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and polysaccharides.
