Q.How does cytoplasm differ from nucleoplasm in chemical composition?

The cytoplasm is the cell's ground substance, also called the cytoplasmic matrix or cytosol -- a colloidal, jelly-like material that is not static but shows a streaming movement called cyclosis. Its major component is water, together with organic and inorganic molecules such as sugars, amino acids, vitamins, enzymes, nucleotides, minerals and waste products. It houses the cell's organelles -- endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, mitochondria, plastids, nucleus, microbodies and cytoskeletal elements -- and acts both as a source of raw materials and as the site of many metabolic reactions, helping distribute and exchange materials between organelles. Several organelles suspended in the cytoplasm -- the nuclear membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, lysosomes, and various vesicles and vacuoles -- work together as the endomembrane system, while organelles wit …