The structure of eukaryotic cells reveals that it consist of a cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and its organelles and nucleus.
The protoplasm of a plant cell is separated from the external world by the cell wall, which is entirely lacking in animals.
Most plant and animal cells have an external covering known as plasmalemma, plasma membrane or cell membrane. It is the living, ultrathin, elastic, porous, semi-permeable membranous covering of the cell. The plasma membrane functions as a mechanical support and an external barrier to the protoplasm that checks the entry or exit of substances in and out of the cytoplasm. Due to its semipermeability, it transmits necessary materials to and from the cells. It is made up of proteins and lipids.
The space between the plasma membrane and nucleus is filled with an amorphous, translucent, homogenous, colloidal liquid called cytoplasm or hyaloplasm.
Cytoplasm consists of various inorganic compounds such as water, salts of sodium, potassium and other metals, various organic compounds like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleoproteins, nucleic acids and a variety of enzymes.
The peripheral layer of the cytoplasmic matrix is called ectoplasm and the inner portion is called endoplasm. Certain living and non-living structures remain suspended in this matrix.
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