Protoplasm

Protoplasm

The complex colloidal substance which constitutes the living matter of cells and performs the life process functions. The protoplasm found between the cell (plasma) membrane and the nuclear membrane is termed the cytoplasm; the protoplasm within the nucleus and separated from the cytoplasm by the nuclear membrane is termed the nucleoplasm.

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The complex colloidal substance which constitutes the living matter of cells and performs the life process functions. The protoplasm found between the cell (plasma) membrane and ...

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The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.

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The essential, complex living substance of cells, upon which all vital functions of nutrition, secretion, growth and reproduction depend.

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A jelly-like substance that makes up the living material in all plants and animal cells.

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That portion of cellular tissue active in life processes.

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Substances making up a cell including its exterior membrane.

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With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

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A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

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