Biology Cell SZABMU 2024 Reconduct
PMDC Verified Question 22 of 143
Which one of the following describes best the autophagy?
A
Intracellular food digestion
B
Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
C
Self-eating process
D
Disintegration of cell
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Official Correct Choice:
Option C: Self-eating process
Concept: Cells must continually clean house by recycling their own damaged components.

Solution: Autophagy literally translates from Greek as "self-eating" (auto = self, phagy = eating). It is the process by which a cell uses its lysosomes to enclose, digest, and recycle its own damaged organelles (like old mitochondria) or macromolecules.

Distractor Autopsy: Intracellular food digestion is heterophagy. Disintegration of the entire cell is autolysis. Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is the job of peroxisomes.

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