GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

CELL STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Organelle that digests harmful particles and cleans the cell?
A
lysosomes
B
ribosomes
C
chromosomes
D
cytoplasm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lysosomes function as the digestive system of the cell, serving both to degrade material taken up from outside the cell and to digest obsolete components of the cell itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lysosomes keep the cells clean by digesting foreign materials and worn out cell organelles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lysosomes are membrane-enclosed compartments filled with hydrolytic enzymes that are used for the controlled intracellular digestion of macromolecules. They contain about 40 types of hydrolytic enzymes, including proteases, nucleases, glycosidases, lipases, phospholipases, phosphatases, and sulfatases.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence another name for Lysosome is suicidal bags of the cell. Lysosomes function as the waste disposing of structures of the cells, they will process the unwanted substances both from inside the cell and outside the cell.

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