Question

You are observing diseased cells in a medical laboratory. Upon close inspection, you notice that the cells contain many food vacuoles, yet the cells are dying of starvation. Which organelle is most likely to be the one malfunctioning within these cells?

Answer 1

The organelle that could b malfunctioning is the mitochondria, which packages proteins and without protein for cells, the outcome is cell lysis, or destruction.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is "Lysosomes".

Explanation:

Lysosomes are organelles found in many cells that degradate biomolecules by the function of hydrolytic enzymes. Lysosomes are spherical vesicles, that work in numerous cellular processes such as energy metabolism and cell's repair. A cell that has a malfunction in its lysosomes will look for other options to replace they functions. The diseased cell observed in the laboratory synthesized vacuoles as an effort to survive from the malfunction of the lysosomes.