Cytoplasm can be compared to a bustling city. Just as a city is filled with various buildings, roads, and people, the cytoplasm is filled with organelles, cytoskeleton, and various molecules. The city’s infrastructure supports the activities of its inhabitants, much like the cytoplasm supports the functions of the cell. It provides a medium for the organelles to move around and interact, similar to how roads and pathways allow people and vehicles to move within a city. Additionally, the cytoplasm contains nutrients and enzymes that are essential for the cell’s metabolic processes, akin to how a city has resources and services that sustain its population.
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