Lysosome ​
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Cegep1
Biology
Word count
54 words
Reading time
1 minute
Vesicle filled with hydrolytic enzymes
Only in animal cells, not in plant cells
Part of the endomembrane system
Functions:
- Digests food vacuoles produced during phagocytosis by fusing with them
- Digests damaged organelles & macromolecules (autophagy)
[!abstract] Autophagy
Digestion of parts of a cell by itself
Ajitani Hifumi