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The word protoplasm is generally used to refer to the living parts of a cell, but can have slightly different meanings in different circles. The term protoplasm is not often used these days, however, due to the fact that it was initially used to imply that a cell only contains two components, a nucleus and a simple, homogenous cytoplasm. Nowadays, we know that the cytoplasm is very complex and that it contains intricate organelles. Nevertheless, in eukaryotes, such as plants and animals, we now refer to the protoplasm outside of the nucleus as the cytoplasm, and the protoplasm inside the nucleus as the nucleoplasm. In prokaryotes, the contents of a cell are collectively called the cytoplasm.
