The Latin verb supponere, meaning substitute, has several legitimate heirs in English, including supposititious (which dates from the early 17th century) and supposition (a 15th century addition).
Cellular respiration takes place in the organelles called mitochondria. The mitochondria take in glucose, a type of sugar, and change it in the presence of oxygen into an energy-rich molecule called ATP, or adenosine triphosphate. For every molecule of glucose, 36 molecules of ATP are made.
The âpowerhousesâ of the cell, mitochondria are oval-shaped organelles found in most eukaryotic cells. As the site of cellular respiration, mitochondria serve to transform molecules such as glucose into an energy molecule known as ATP (adenosine triphosphate).