Mitochondria

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Mitochondria (from Greek μίτος or mitos, thread + χονδρίον or khondrion, granule) are organelles, or parts of a cell. Their job is to make energy from the food that the cell takes in. It does this with cellular respiration, which makes ATP which the cell can use as energy.

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