The sperm cells (also called spermatozoon) are the male reproductive cells produced in the testicles. Sperm cells have a total of 23 chromosomes and fertilize an egg cell that also has 23 chromosomes. Sexual Reproduction:By definition, sexual reproduction involves the recombination of male and ...
What are the parts of a sperm cell? What type of cell is an epithelial cell? What does epithelial cells in an HVS indicate? What does a ciliated epithelial cell look like? What do Sertoli cells secrete? What does too few epithelial cells in urine signify?
Sperm are male gametes, reproductive cells that contain half a set of chromosomes that can be joined with a female gamete to form a zygote. If allowed to develop, the zygote will turn into an embryo and eventually will mature into a baby. Male gametes are found in semen, a fluid produced...
Mitochondria supply energy to the sperm cells and are responsible for carrying out the process of respiration, necessary to provide the tail (flagellum) with the energy supply that it needed to allow the sperm cell to swim towards the egg. What is the function of the head of the sperm? By...
Germ cell tumors are an abnormal growth of cells that results in a mass of tissue that is derived from germ cells, the precursors...
Somatic cells are all the cells that make up an organism except for germ cells. Though somatic cells differ between organisms, all...
Somatic cellsSperm cellsStudent's understandingsThis paper presents further findings from a study of young people's understanding of genetics towards the end of their compulsory science education. It focuses on the ability of these students to distinguish between genes and genetic information and the ...
They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells, and each cell carries only one copy of each chromosome. These reproductive cells are produced through a type of cell division called meiosis....
Cells in humans and animals vary greatly in size. The smallest cells in the human body are sperm cells and the granule cell of the cerebellum. Some neurons, or nerve cells, may grow as long as several feet long and extend from the limbs to thespinal cordto the brain. ...
What cells produce sperm cells? The seminiferous epithelium that lines the tubules consists of three cell types: spermatogonia, which are stem cells; spermatocytes which are in the process of becoming sperm; andSertoli cells, which nurture developing sperm and secrete a variety of products into the...