Question 4 Midterm

Question 1

Lysosome

Answer 1

Organelle full of digestive enzymes
Proteases
lipases
nucleases
amylases
Low acidic pH

Question 2

What happens if a lysosome bursts

Answer 2

It can kill the entire cell
Can start apoptosis

Question 3

Apoptosis importance

Answer 3

Can kill defective cells or faulty cells that cannot function properly. Helps prevent cancer

Question 4

Phagocytosis

Answer 4

Engulfing and digesting a substance. Combination of phagocyte and lysosome .

Question 5

Function of lysosome

Answer 5

Getting rid of foreign materials debris, bacteria, remodeling

Question 6

Tay sach’s

Answer 6

Lysosomes are missing one type of lipase. Lysosomes in brain fill up with a glycolipid they can’t break down. Fatty substance destroys nerve cells

Question 7

Lysosome origin

Answer 7

Comes from golgi apparatus

Question 8

Lysosomes are abundant in which organ?

Answer 8

Liver: helps detoxify substances

Question 9

Tay sach’s consequences

Answer 9

Blindness, deadness, seizures and paralysis. Most children die by age five

Lose developmental milestones at 3-6 months

No cure