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Cytoplasm vs cytosol

What is the difference between the cytoplasm and the cytosol, or are they just the same thing?
they're the same :smile:
Original post by Cuspake
What is the difference between the cytoplasm and the cytosol, or are they just the same thing?
Original post by turkeydinosaur16
they're the same :smile:

No, they're not.
Original post by Cuspake
What is the difference between the cytoplasm and the cytosol, or are they just the same thing?

Cytosol: the aqueous interior of the cell, i.e. the ICF
Cytoplasm: the entire contents bounded by the cell membrane - contains organelles, the cytosol, etc etc.
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Original post by Reality Check
No, they're not.

Cytosol: the aqueous interior of the cell, i.e. the ICF
Cytoplasm: the entire contents bounded by the cell membrane - contains organelles, the cytosol, etc etc.

Thank you! For A Level is it fine to just say cytoplasm instead of referring to the cytosol?
Original post by Reality Check
No, they're not.

Cytosol: the aqueous interior of the cell, i.e. the ICF
Cytoplasm: the entire contents bounded by the cell membrane - contains organelles, the cytosol, etc etc.


At this level they are
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Original post by turkeydinosaur16
At this level they are

No, they’re not the same at any level.
Original post by Cuspake
Thank you! For A Level is it fine to just say cytoplasm instead of referring to the cytosol?


9 times out of 10 you'll be referring to the cytoplasm, so I'd stick with that word.

Original post by turkeydinosaur16
At this level they are

Wrong again.
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9 times out of 10 you'll be referring to the cytoplasm, so I'd stick with that word.


Wrong again.

Thank you
Original post by Reality Check
9 times out of 10 you'll be referring to the cytoplasm, so I'd stick with that word.


Wrong again.

Well it's carried me through A Levels and undergrad so far so we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I am yet to encounter a question where the distinction has been important :smile:

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