GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

HUMAN BODY AND REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In word Lysosoma, ‘lyso’ means splitting and ‘soma’ means
A
cell
B
body
C
tissue
D
organic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The lysosome word is made up of two Greek words ‘lyso” means “split or break” and ‘soma’ means ‘body’. It was first discovered by Belgian cytologist Christian de Duve in 1949. It contains digestive enzymes and is involved in the transport and degradation of various cellular…

Detailed explanation-2: -Lysosomes are the single membrane-bounded organelle found in eukaryotic cells. It contains hydrolytic enzymes for the digestion of the cell debris, wastes, foreign particles, dead or nonfunctional organelles. Lysosomes are called as suicide bags because of its hydrolytic activities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lysosomes are spherical sac structures present in cells. The function of Lysosomes is to help break down worn-out cell organelle and destroy outside material such as bacteria. Lysosomes are found in animal cells.

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