discovery
Who first discovered the mitochondria as small granules?
What is Albert von Kolliker?
The mitochondria is the ____ of the cell
What is powerhouse?
How many membranes does the mitochondria have?
What is two: inner and outer?
Why does size matter?
What is because the cell needs more energy, allowing it to grow bigger and act as a catalyst to the process. On the other hand, if the cell doesn’t need energy, the mitochondria will shrink and cause cell death?
ATP
What is Adenosine Triphosphate?
Who was the second scientist to study the mitochondria?
What is Richard Altman?
What is the mitochondria’s main purpose?
What is to produce energy (ATP)?
What is the space between the inner and outer membrane used to do?
What is regulate hydrogen ions?
What is a form of cancer that includes genetic and epigenetic alterations that harms the cell?
What is tumorigenisis?
CO2
What is carbon dioxide?
What was the mitochondria referred to as after small granules?
What is bioblasts?
State the three processes the mitochondria uses to generate energy.
What are the folds of the membrane called?
What is cristae?
What does the cytoskeleton in a eukaryotic cell do?
What is provides structural support and transportation means?
NADH
What is nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide?
What was the informal way to refer to bioblasts and why?
What is life germs/because they contain their own DNA?
What is mutations in mitochondrial DNA?
The mitochondria has its own ribosome. What are the ribosomes responsible for?
What is converting/producing ATP?
An asexual reproduction that duplicates genetic material and then divides itself into two new cells
What is binary fission?
FADH
What is flavin adenine dinucleotide?
What term did Carl Benda coin?
What is mitochondrion?
What is glycolysis?
What is the process in which glucose is broken down to form pyruvate, NADH, water, and ATP?
What is the space in the inner membrane called?
What is matrix?
Name two disorders caused by mitochondrial disease.
What is neurological developmental delays, hearing loss, nerve blockages, and diabetes?
AcCoA
What is acetyl-coenzyme