NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The liver is an animal organ that removes and processes waste materials from the blood. Which of the following organelles would be found in a higher-than-normal frequency in liver cells?
A
ribosomes
B
lysosomes
C
mitochondria
D
Golgi apparati
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: -Both animal and plant cells have mitochondria, but only plant cells have chloroplasts.

Detailed explanation-3: -A lysosome is a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lysosomes are found in all animal cells, but are most numerous in disease-fighting cells, such as white blood cells. This is because white blood cells must digest more material than most other types of cells in their quest to battle bacteria, viruses, and other foreign intruders.

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