The patient has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that reduces the amount of available adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the body
The nurse recognizes that this reduction in ATP is caused by the impact of the disease on what part of the cell? A) Cell neuron
B) Endoplasmic reticulum
C) Golgi bodies
D) Mitochondria
D
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The mitochondria are rod-shaped "power plants" within each cell that produce energy in the form of ATP, which allows the cell to function. Inadequate production of ATP would indicate damage to the functioning of the mitochondria. The neuron, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi bodies do not produce ATP.
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