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Contractile vacuole
Organelle used in regulating osmosis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A contractile vacuole (CV) is a sub-cellular structure (organelle) involved in osmoregulation. It is found predominantly in protists and in unicellular algae. It was previously known as pulsatile or pulsating vacuole.
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