To determine: Whether increase in mitochondria in the muscle cells of people who endure sports is true or not.
Introduction: Physical activity often involves movement of the body and requires expenditure of energy. Muscle strengthening is a kind of physical activity that involves weight lifting, swimming, push ups, and other sports activities, which helps to increase the strength of bones and increase the muscle fitness.
To determine: The reason for increase in number of mitochondria in the muscle cells of those people who endure sports like marathon.
Introduction: Mitochondrion is an important organelle of the eukaryotes that are involved in the synthesis of energy rich molecules known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Due to this reason, they are known as “Powerhouse of the cell”.
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