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Lysosomes
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helpp remove or ecycle damaged parts of the cell
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membrane vesicle
Definition
The damaged organelle is first enclosed in a
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breaks down the damaged organelle.
Definition
a lysosome fuses with vesicle, dismantles it contents, and
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variety of functions
Definition
Vacuoles are large vesicles that have a
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elminate water from the protist
Definition
Some protists have contractile vacuoes that help
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pigments or contain posions that protect the plant.
Definition
In plants, vacuoles may have digestice fucntions that contain
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Mitochondria
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Are organelles that carry out cellular respiration in nearly all eukaryotic cells
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cellular respiration
Definition
converts the chemical energy in food to chemical energy in ATP (adenosine tripospahte). Which are found in both plants and animals. Usually only visible under an electron microscope
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Mitochondria
Definition

ATP- producing powerhouses- site of celliular respiration 

Membranes form two distinct compartments 

Matric: inner compartment 

Cristae: fold of the inner membrane

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DNA, Ribosomes, and many enzymes that catalyze some of the reaction of cellular respiration
Definition
The mitochondrial matrix consists of
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