churn in American English. churnverb [ I/T ] [ I ] The water was churning and the boat was rocking. [ M ] The fish churned up the water when we threw them some food. [ T ] fig. Seeing the car ahead flip over churned his stomach.
1)It is the major site for Glycolysis (Breakdown of glucose into pyruvate). 2)Major amount of chemical reactions occur in cytoplasm. 3)In plants, the cytoplasm forms the spindle fibers needed for cell division. Views Â· View Upvotes.
The chemistry of the cell also depends on the reactions of smaller molecules and ions. These can be inorganic, for example water and metal ions, or organic, for example the amino acids, which are used to synthesize proteins. The mechanisms by which cells harness energy from their environment via chemical reactions are known as metabolism.