What are lysosomes? How do they participate in intracellular digestion? What might happen if lysosomes released their enzymatic contents into the cytoplasm?

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Chapter4: Organization Of The Cell
Section4.6: The Cytoskeleton
Problem 1C: In what ways do the functions of the cytoskeleton differ from those of the endomembrane system?
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