Lysosomes contain acid hydrolases that degrade any number of molecules. If a lysosome's membrane were to break, what, if anything, would prevent these hydrolases from degrading everything in the cell's cytoplasm?

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Lysosomes contain acid hydrolases that degrade any number of molecules. If a lysosome's membrane were to break, what, if anything, would prevent these hydrolases from degrading everything in the cell's cytoplasm?