The Mitochondri The Role Of Energy In The Human Body

The human body is a very complex working system and it requires a lot of energy to function properly. The human body eats food molecules that contain nutrients in order to get the energy needed to function. Once these food molecules are broken down in the human body some of the nutrients are made into glucose, which is an energy source. This glucose is not quite usable as one whole thing so our body breaks down even more into other molecules like pyruvate. Eventually the human body needs to make these pyruvates into usable energy. The human body does through the mitochondria.
The mitochondria is an organelle used to create energy for the human body. It was described first by Richard Altmann in 1890 ("Mitochondria."). Altman described the mitochondria as a rod shaped organelle found in most cells ("Mitochondria."). The mitochondria is a very complex organelle made up of many different parts. It is a double membrane organelle that consists of an inner and an outer membrane ("Structure of Mitochondria." ). There is space between these two membranes and this space is called the inner membrane space ("Structure of Mitochondria." ). On the other side of the inner membrane there is a space called the mitochondrial matrix ("Structure of Mitochondria." ). The inner membrane also has a lot of folds that extend into the membrane called cristae ("Structure of
All of these parts of the mitochondria have very specific duties when making energy for the body. The membranes of the mitochondria is a phospholipid bilayer which allows necessary molecules in the