When elongated, tube-shaped cells from the lining of the intestine are treated with a certain chemical, the cells sag and become rounded. The internal structures disrupted by this chemical are probably __________.

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Answer:

The internal structures disrupted by this chemical are probably VACUOLES.

Explanation:

A vacuole is a large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.

The central vacuole of a cell houses the digestive processes which includes chemicals that come to attack the cell; also it helps the cell regulates it's water concentration during changing environmental conditions.

vacuoles are present in the absorptive cells (enterocytes) covering the wall of the intestine