Question

What is the function of the contractile vacuole? What would happen if the cell did not have this organelle?

Answer 1

Toward the posterior of the cell is a star-like structure, the contractile vacuole. This organelle helps the cell remove excess water, and without it, the euglena could take in some much water due to osmosis that the cell would explode.

Answer 2

Toward the posterior of the cell is a star-like structure, the contractile vacuole. This organelle helps the cell remove excess water, and without it, the euglena could take in some much water due to osmosis that the cell would explode.