Refer to Figure 9.2, showing the citric acid cycle, as a guide to answer the following questions.

-In liver cells, the inner mitochondrial membranes are about 5 X the area of the outer mitochondrial membranes, and about 17 X that of the cell's plasma membrane. What purpose must this serve?
A) It allows for increased rate of glycolysis.
B) It allows for increased rate of the citric acid cycle.
C) It increases the surface for oxidative phosphoryation.
D) It increases the surface for substrate-level phosphorylation.
E) It allows the liver cell to have fewer mitochondria.
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