Quick Facts
The nucleoplasm is the contents of the cell nucleus other than the nucleolus and chromatin and consisting of interchromatin and perichromatin granules, ribonucleoproteins, and the nuclear matrix (Dorland, 2011).
Related parts of the anatomy
Structure and/or Key Feature(s)
The nucleoplasm occupies the nucleus (apart from the nucleolus and chromatin) and includes a very fine scaffolding network of protein filaments originating from the nuclear pores (Ross and Pawlina, 2006; Ovalle, Nahirney and Netter, 2013; McKinley, O'Loughlin and Pennefather-O'Brien, 2016).
Function
Molecules pass through the nucleoplasm as a consequence of the activity of the chromatin and the nucleolus (Ovalle, Nahirney and Netter, 2013).
References
Dorland, W. (2011) Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 32nd edn. Philadelphia, USA: Elsevier Saunders.
McKinley, M. P., O'Loughlin, V. D. and Pennefather-O'Brien, E. E. (2016) Human Anatomy. 5th edn.: McGraw-Hill Education.
Ovalle, W. K., Nahirney, P. C. and Netter, F. H. (2013) Netter's Essential Histology. ClinicalKey 2012: Elsevier Saunders.
Ross, M. H. and Pawlina, W. (2006) Histology: A text and atlas. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
