Is the field formed by algebraic elements of an extension field over $F$ isomorphic to $F[t]$?

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Say $K/F$ is a field extension. The elements in $K$ that are algebraic over $F$ form a subfield of $K$. Is this subfield isomorphic to $F[t]$? What would this isomorphism look like?

This is not a textbook problem. This is what I inferred from a statement made in a well-known textbook on Algebraic Geometry. I only want to verify if what I inferred is true.

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  1. $F[t]$ is a field iff $t$ is algebraic over $F$. When $t$ is algebraic over $F$, then you can construct this field as the quotient $F[t]\cong F[X]/(m)$ where $m$ is the minimal polynomial of $t$ over $F$. The mapping is the obvious one.

  2. It is not common for a subfield of algebraic elements to be just generated by a single $t$. Consider $\Bbb Q$ and the elements algebraic over it inside $\Bbb C$.