A diagram showing a mitochondrion of the eukaryotic cell. Mitochondria are organelles surrounded by membranes, distributed in the cytosol of most eukaryotic cells. Its main function is the conversion of potential energy of pyruvate molecules into ATP.
Mariana Ruiz Villarreal <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LadyofHats" title="User:LadyofHats">LadyofHats</a>
the diagram i made myself using adobe illustrator. as a source for the information i used the diagrams found here:<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ualr.edu/botany/mitochondrion.jpg">[1]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/cb/org/mito-em.gif">[2]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prn.org/images/prn_nb_cntnt_images/vol7num3/cote_fig1.gif">[3]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://srs.dl.ac.uk/Annual_Reports/AnRep02_03/escort.htm">[4]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/metabolism/graphics/mitochondrion.gif">[5]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/Majors101Book/Chapter_04-Cell_Structure&amp;Function/02-Parts_of_Advanced_Cells.htm">[6]</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CellularRespiration.html">[7]</a>.