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Responsible Breaking Food Cells Outline Structure Function Lysosomes

Lysosomes are vesicles filled with digestive enzymes, responsible for breaking down cellular waste and foreign materials, and are involved in programmed cell death.

Lysosomes are specialized vesicles containing digestive enzymes that break down waste materials, old organelles, and pathogens. They also play a role in programmed cell death.

Front Outline the structure and function of lysosomes.
Back Lysosomes - types of vesicles that contain digestive (hydrolytic) enzymes
  • Responsible for breaking down food/waste material in cells (incl old organelles) by fusing with a food vacuole or a vesicle containing old organelles
  • Responsible for breaking down pathogens ingested by phagocytic cells
  • Important role in programmed cell death

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