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a young child who suffers from a metabolic disease is always tired and fatigued. which of the following organelles is most likely malfunctioning in this disease?



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The child with metabolic disease being always tired and fatigued may have the malfunctioning cell organelle (D) mitochondria.

Metabolic diseases are the diseases that disturb the normal metabolism of the body where the food is broken down to convert into energy. The disease generally has various different symptoms altogether. These symptoms are:  increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat, etc.

Mitochondria is the double membranous cell organelle involved in the synthesis of energy in the form of ATP. The inner membrane of the mitochondria is folded into multiple cristae that increases the surface area and contains the machinery for ATP synthesis.

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A young child who suffers from a metabolic disease is always tired and fatigued. Which of the following organelles is most likely malfunctioning in this disease?

(A) lysosomes (B) Golgi apparatus (C) ribosomes (D) mitochondria

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