Why do muscles need more mitochondria than other types of body cells?

Answer 1

Mitochondria supply the cell with ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate), which is the energy the cell needs.

A heart cell is a type of muscle cell which needs plenty of energy to contract and keep functioning. This is why a heart cell needs more mitochondria than other cells- because they need more energy.

Answer 2

Up until one's mid-20s (in terms of age), there occurs not only muscle hypertrophy (enlargement of each muscle cell) with exercise, but also hyperplasia (increase in the number of muscle cells .. and, therefore, increase in the overall number of mitochondria).

Answer 3

yes the muscle cell has more mitochondria than the red blood cell because the red blood cells don`t really have to do much work in the body but muscle cell has to do more work because mostly all over your body you have muscles

Answer 4

Because muscle cells need more energy!

The more energy a cell needs the more mitochondria it has to have. Mitochondrium (single) is where body fuels (mainly glucose, but also fatty acids, and, in starving protein) are broken down, energy captured and stored in the bonds of specific molecules, called ATP.

Answer 5

mitochondri are the power house part of the cells. They are most prevelant in the muscles of the body. The more a muscle works the more mitochondria it will produce. This is why when you exercise over time it becomes easier. The heart is mitochondria rich because it works all the time.

Answer 6

Because muscles need more energy than other cells, and Mitochondria are the energy producers of cells.

Answer 7

Muscle cells have a lot of mitochondria because muscle cells need lots of energy and mitochondria supplies the energy! ;-)

Answer 8

it needs more protein