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How does mitochondria make energy ?

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Mitochondria makes energy by facilitating the breaking-down of glucose, and storing its energy in AdenosineTriPhosphate, or ATP - the body’s energy storage molecule.

They extract some of the chemical energy in organic molecules and use it to synthesize ATP.

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