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Lysosomes
•Filled with enzymes
Function
•Breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell.
•Breaks down organelles that are not useful
•Breaks down "junk" that can build up
•Small spheres of phospholipids made by the Golgi apparatus
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-This is so all the material can be digested without harming the rest of the cell.
Structure
•The interior part of a lysome is slightly acidic