MITOCHONDRION

-STRUCTURE OF MITOCHONDRION
-FUCTION OF MITOCHONDRION
-ABUNDANCE OF MITOCHONDRION IN SOMATIC CELLS
STRUCTURE OF MITOCHONDRION

-MITOCHONDIA HAVE MANY SHAPE AND

SIZES.GENERALLY ROD-SHAPED WITH LENGTH OF
2.5-5 MICROMETER AND 1 MICROMETER IN
DIAMETER
-HAS TWO MEMBRANES.SMOOTH OUTER
MEMBRANE A GREATLY FOLDED INNER
MEMBRANE
-THE SPACE IN BETWEEN BOTH THE INNER AND
OUTER MEMBRANE IS CALLED INTERMEMBRANE
SPACE
-CRISTAE WHICH IS FORMED DUE TO FOLDING
OF THE INNER MEMBRANE
-THE INNER MEMBRANE ENCLOSES A FLUID-
FILLED MATRIX.IN THE MATRIX WE CAN FIND A
FEW CIRCULAR STRANDS OF DNA, 70S
RIBOSOMES AND ENZYMES THAT ARE USED IN
THE KREBS CYCLE
FUNCTION OF A MITOCHONDRION

-SITES OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION.ENZYMES

INVOLVE IN CELLULAR RESPIRATION HELP TO
OXIDISE GLUCOSE TO RELEASE ENERGY IN
THE FORM OF ATP(adenosine triphosphate).
ENZYME : OXIDOREDUCTASE AMYLASE
-THE MATRIX CANTAINS ENZYMES FOR KREBS
CYCLE
-THE HIGHLY FOLDEDCRISTAE INCREASE THE SURFACE AREA FOR THE
ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN REACTION.THE ENERGY RELEASED IS
HARNESSED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF ATP FOR USE BY ENERGY CONSUMING
ACTIVTIES OF THE CELL.
-The electron transport chain in the mitochondrion is the site
of oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryotes.
The NADH and succinate generated in the citric acid cycle are
oxidized, providing energy to power ATP synthesis
DNA IN THE MITOCHONDIA ENABLES THE MITOCHONDIA TO REPLICATE
DURING CELL DIVISION. (MITOSIS)
ABUNDANCE OF MITOCHONDRION IN SOMATIC
CELLS
HIGH DENSITY OF MITOCHONDRIA
SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS,SPERMATOZOA,LIVER AND PANCREATIC CELLS
LOW DENSITY OF MITOCHONDRIA
RED BLOOD CELL
COMPARISON
LIVER CELLS-1500 MITOCHONDRIA RED BLOOD CELL-0 MITOCHONDRIA