Endoplasm

The endoplasm, also Entoplasma or Entosark, is the central, inner part of the cytoplasm of many unicellular organisms. The outer part of the cytoplasm is called ectoplasm, both differ in their consistency from one another. Both plasma species are not fundamentally different but differ only in the different distribution of intra- cytoplasmic organelles.

Design and function

The endoplasm contains all the key organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and vacuoles and other cell components.

In contrast to the viscous ectoplasm ( Plasmagel ) the endoplasm has a liquid consistency and is therefore called Plasmasol. Especially in the formation of pseudopodia, there is a mixing of the two components ( gel - sol transitions ); the ectoplasm liquefies and flows toward the pseudopodium while the endoplasm flows into the pseudopodium and is on the edge of viscous. In the locomotion without switch amoebae leads to a contraction in the ectoplasm, which is mediated by actin, whereby the liquid endoplasm developed a flow and flows into the pseudopodium.

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