Labels:cell | earth | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: MITOCHONDRION ITOCHONDRIA one IS called mitoc chondrion) are tiny sausage shaped units within a cell Often called the powerhouses 0 cell, they are responsible for breaking down fuels such as glucose, to release their energy. This process uses up oxygen in the cell as the fuel burned, and gives off carbon dioxide. The released energy powers all the other functions of the cell. A cell that demands a lot of energy like muscle cell, has many mitochondria Mitochondrion Mitochondr rion
