metabolism of a person and a worm

edition 15

Food → Mitochondria → ATP. This is how energy flows to power our cells. Our cells have mitochondria which store energy as a charge across a membrane that is folded up.

If the mitochondrial membranes in a human body were stretched out they would cover 4 football fields.

If you added up the stored charge in one person, it would approximately equal 1 lighten…