Powerhouse of the cell
Powerhouse of the cell
Powerhouse of the cell
[A] Ribosome
[B] Golgi apparatus
[C] Centriole
[D] Mitochondria
Powerhouse of the cell
Powerhouse of the cell
- Powerhouse of the cell
- Mitochondria use aerobic respiration to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is used throughout the cell as a source of chemical energy
- Mitochondria – discovered by Albert von Kölliker in 1857
- Term mitochondrion was coined by Carl Benda in 1898.
- Mitochondrion is popularly nicknamed the “powerhouse of the cell”, a phrase coined by Philip Siekevitz in a 1957 article of the same name
- Mmature red blood cell has no mitochondria