A cell whose job is to detoxify harmful or poisonous substances such as alcohol would have many:

A) nuclei
B) peroxisomes
C) lysosomes
D) rough endoplasmic reticulum
E) flagella


Ans: B) peroxisomes

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Fill in the blank with the correct word.

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