INTRODUCTION TO MICROSCOPY CELL BIOLOGY
MITOCHONDRIA
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Question
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The mitochondria makes glucose and releases oxygen.
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The mitochondria breaks down glucose to make ATP.
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The mitochondria will produce proteins.
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The mitochondria will absorb light energy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the mitochondria, the metabolism of sugars is completed, and the energy released is harnessed so efficiently that about 30 molecules of ATP are produced for each molecule of glucose oxidized. By contrast, only 2 molecules of ATP are produced per glucose molecule by glycolysis alone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Our mitochondria take our glucose molecules through a process called cellular respiration which is essentially just a process of breaking down and converting glucose by combining oxygen with a glucose molecule. The oxygen is derived from the air we breathe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Glycolysis is the process by which glucose is broken down within the cytoplasm of a cell to form pyruvate. Under aerobic conditions, pyruvate can diffuse into mitochondria, where it enters the citric acid cycle and generates reducing equivalents in the form of NADH and FADH2.