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Do bacteria have motochondria?
No they do not have mitochondria.Prokariyotes do not have mitochondria.
How is chloroplast similar to a motochondria?
They both have to do with producing energy.
What is the function of the motochondria?
Mitochondria are responsible for converting oxygen and nutrients into usable energy.
Are motochondria in plant or animal cells?
they are found in plant cells but i dont really know if they are in animal cells
What do motochondria do in a plant cell?
Mitochondria provide power for the cell. It's pretty much the power plant of the cell
How does the structure of a motochondria relate to its function?
The structure of a mitochondria, with inner and outer membranes and folded cristae, allows for compartmentalization of processes like the electron transport chain and ATP synthesis. This structure increases the surface area available for these processes, enhancing the efficiency of cellular respiration and ATP production.
What is the function of the sperm mid-piece?
The sperm is made up of three pieces, the Head, the Mid-Piece and the Tail. The head continas the important part, the nucleus with the genetic information to be passed onto the child. The tail, which is actually a Flagellum, provides a rapid waving motion which pushes the sperm cell through the fluid allowing it to "swim". This obviously requires much energy which the cell gets from the sugar Fructose not glucose like most cells. To get the most energy out of any sugar requires it to be fully metabolised (oxidised) to just CO2 and water. To do this the cell used organelles called Mitochondria, it is not true that only the Ovum has these as some would say but it is true that only the ovum conributes them. There are 6 motochondria stacked on top of each other in the midpeice which provide just enough energy to keep the cell going. Once the head penetrates the ovum (assuming it is the lucky cell) the mid piece and tail drop off and are no longer of use. EDIT: While the above answer is very good, I believe this is what you were looking for. The sperm cell consists of a head, a midpiece and a tail. The head contains the nucleus with densely coiled chromatin fibres, surrounded anteriorly by anacrosome, which contains enzymes used for penetrating the female egg. The midpiece has a central filamentous core with many mitochondria spiralled around it, used for ATP production for the journey through the female cervix, uterus and uterine tubes. The tail or "flagellum" executes the lashing movements that propel the spermatocyte
Important structural characteristic of the sperm cell?
The sperm cell is an interestingly specialised cell whose function is to swim to the ovum and then to fertilise it. The sperm cell has three basic parts. The head contains the DNA to be injected into the ovum and also has chemotatic receptors for navigation towards the ovum. The Tail is at the other end and is a single flagella in healthy cells. This structure flips and twists in such a way as to propel the cell along. Finally between the two is the body of the cell which contains six mitochonria to power the movement of the flagella. It is the the joint between the body and the head that is broken during fertilisation so that none of the motochondria are from the father.
Who does cell respiration?
Well it is a massively complex cascade of processes.. but a summary is this: From a human perspective... we ingest carbohydrates in our diets. These carbohydrates get acted upon in the gut by enzymes that release the glucose subunits. The glucose is absorbed into the blood, and travels around thebody. A cell needs energy to work, so the glucose enters a cell and this is where cellular respiration occurs. Glucose enters the motochondria of cells (sort ofthe cells powerplants) where a complex sequence of events takes place.. but essentially glucose reacts with oxygen (which we breath in) and results in numerous ATP molecules.. The byproducts of this reaction is water and carbon dioxide (which we breath out)... Think of it like this.. a carbohydrate is a hydrated carbon (so water and carbon) the carbon from the carbohydrate reacts with oxygen, causing carbon dioxide.. the water part of the carbohydrate just goes into the cell and joins the rest of the water there. Back to ATP. It is a molecule with the ability to donate high energy phosphate groups which cells need to power nearly all of its processes, whether its allowing actin and myosin interaction (muscle contraction) or allowing joining ofmany molecules making larger ones (such as in protein synthesis).. ATP is known as the universal energy currecncy as virtually all life forms use it to power cellular processes.. this is not a detailed explanation, but I find that a lot of people don't get the basic principle of cellular respiration and this hopefully explains it. You will now need to do more research around it.. look up things like the Krebs cycle, and the 'priming' process which is a ten step sequence priming the glucose for respiration.. Its very complex all round.. Google image the metabolic map and you get the idea. But it all makes logical sense when you get your head around it.. amazing how life works isn't it.. the sun powers the plants to make water and carbon dioxide merge into sugars... animals eat the plants, get the sugar, use them up and release water and carbon dioxide for the plants to make more sugar... I love biology hope that helps a little
