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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Could you say that the lysosome is like the exhaust engine for a car?

OpenStudy (blues):

You would have to elaborate more. I wouldn't say so off the bat. Waste material in the car's exhaust system ends up expelled from the car. Waste material in the lysosome ends up being degraded but not shunted out of the cell.

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