Cytoplasm

[Nelsson]

Hi! what exactly is the difference between cytoplasm and cytosol?

[MichaelXY]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoplasm

[MrMistery]

Although technically the cytosol is the part of the cytoplasm other than organelles, the two terms are sometimes used as synonyms. It depends on how strict you are...

[MichaelXY]

From Wiki:
The cytoplasm has three major elements; the cytosol, organelles and inclusions. The cytosol is the semi-transparent fluid in which the other cytoplasmic elements are suspended.

[MrMistery]

i know what the definition is, i stated it too.
It's like the word genome: in the definition it is the haploid set of genes. However most of us use it for the diploid set too.
I don't use cytosol for cytoplasm, nor the other way around. But some people do, including some rather good professors i've met. Terms aren't that important.