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The human heart must constantly pump in order to keep a person alive and healthy. This requires a lot of energy from the cells inside the heart tissue. Based on this information, which organelle is found in abundance in heart tissue cells?

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Mitochondria

Step-by-step explanation:

The heart needs a lot of energy from its cells. The organelle in the cell which produces energy is the mitochondria.

"The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell".

It produces ATP energy with the process cellular respiration, which requires oxygen and food/sugars.

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