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State one way in which each of the following is structurally adapted to its function: a) neurone; b) Mitochndrion.

State one way in which each of the following is structurally adapted to its function:
a) neurone;
b) Mitochndrion.

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John
a) –Large cell body that controls cell activities

-Has many extensions i.e. dendrites, axons and Dendron, that receive and send impulses from one part of the body to another

-Has myelin sheath or medullated sheath which is a fatty sheath that encloses the axon hence insulate the axon and impluses.

-Has Schwann cell that are in close contact with axon and they secrete the myelin sheath.

-myelin sheath has constrictions at intervals – called nodes of Ranvier to propagate the nerve impulse and speed up the transmissions of an impulse

b) –Inner membrane is greatly folded to form cristae which increase surface area for respiratory activity

- Matrix contains enzymes that catalyzes the rate of reaction.
johnmulu answered the question on April 28, 2017 at 06:41

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