why is metochondria known as power house of cell
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Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles found in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells that generates the cell’s primary energy molecule ATP (adinosine triphosphate).
Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell because it is responsible for the extracting energy from food through cellular respiration. The energy is released in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) it is an energy currency of the cell.
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Mɪᴛᴏᴄʜᴏɴᴅʀɪᴀ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ ᴏʀɢᴀɴᴇʟʟᴇs ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴜᴋᴀʀʏᴏᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴇʟʟs. Tʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴀʀ ʀᴇsᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. Tʜᴇʏ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇs ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ғᴏᴏᴅ. Tʜᴇʏ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ʀɪᴄʜ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇs, ATP ғʀᴏᴍ ᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴀʀ ʀᴇsᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴜsᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss. Hᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴍɪᴛᴏᴄʜᴏɴᴅʀɪᴀ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀʜᴏᴜsᴇs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ.
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