Why are mytrochondria known as power house of cell
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because, energy is produced(mainly) in mitochondria aerobically
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Mitochondria are tiny organelles inside cells that are involved in releasing energy from food.
This process is known as cellular respiration. It is for this reason that mitochondria are often referred to as the powerhouses of the cell. Cells that need a lot of energy, like muscle cells, can contain thousands of mitochondria.
Apart from cellular respiration, mitochondria also play a key role in the ageing process as well as in the onset of degenerative disease.
The powerhouse function
When the breakdown products from the digestion of food find their way into the cell, a series of chemical reactions occur in the cytoplasm. This allows some of the energy locked up in these products to be released and incorporated into the universal energy supplier in cells known as ATP (adenosine triphosphate).
Remaining molecular fragments from this process then enter the mitochondria, and in a complex series of steps, they are finally converted into carbon dioxide and water. The energy locked up in these fragments is incorporated into more ATP.
The ATP molecules produced in this way can then be used by the cell to supply the energy needed to function. ATP → ADP + P + energy to function.
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