GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

CELL STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you were to compare the function of a cell to the function of a city, which of the following organelles would the be city’s power plant?
A
nucleus
B
lysosome
C
mitochondria
D
golgi complex
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell. It is comparable to a power plant or a power station since it serves a similar function. It directly involves supplying energy for the cell in a process called cellular respiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -The mitochondria of a cell where energy (ATP) is creted through the breakdown of glucose (fuel) in a process known as cellular respiration. In a city, the powerplant would be similar to mitochondria because this is where electricity (energy) is made from fuel (coal) in a process known as combustion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The classic role of mitochondria is oxidative phosphorylation, which generates ATP by utilizing the energy released during the oxidation of the food we eat. ATP is used in turn as the primary energy source for most biochemical and physiological processes, such as growth, movement and homeostasis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cell organelles carry out various functions from maintaining the shape of the cell to reproduction, movement, protein synthesis Synthesis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), energy production, and the transport of substances in and out of the cell.

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