Why do muscle cells have more mitochondria than other kinds of eukaryotic cells have?

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Rawda Eada
Dec 13, 2015

Because they need a continuous supply of ATP in big amount. If the number of mitochondria is small them the muscles will not function and the body will suffer.
Even when we do not move our muscles keep contracting and relaxing to give us posture, and the heart muscle never stops working.

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