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sex cells | gametes ; scientific name ovum, plural ova and sperm is spermatozoa, plural spermatozoon.
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How human spermatozoa differ from human ova?
Sperm have tails called flagella (singular: flagellum) which allow them to be motile (move around) whereas ova are stationary; they can't move on their own. Ova have more cytoplasm, so they are larger than a sperm cell. Ova contain mitochondrial DNA; sperm doesn't.
What is the human male gamete called?
The male gamete is a sperm. The female gamete is an ova or egg.
When sperm joins with an egg the process is called?
Fertilisation is when the sperm cell and the ova fuse together to form a zygote.
How are sperm cells and ova different?
A woman is born with so many ova, or eggs, at the time of her birth. She does not produce any more eggs through her lifetime but instead, looses one or more each month through menstruation A woman cannot use them after menopause. The supply of sperm is endless. A man produces more sperm as necessary and can produce them until he dies.
Can it be possible for fertilization to happen outside the female human body?
Fertilization that happens outside the female body is called in-vitro fertilization. In this procedure, the ova is fertilized with the sperm in a laboratory.
What are the 2 human gametes called?
sperm and ova (eggs)
How human spermatozoa differ from human ova?
Sperm have tails called flagella (singular: flagellum) which allow them to be motile (move around) whereas ova are stationary; they can't move on their own. Ova have more cytoplasm, so they are larger than a sperm cell. Ova contain mitochondrial DNA; sperm doesn't.
What is a reproductive cell these are sperm in the male and ova in the female?
gamete for female it is the ova for male it is the sperm
What are the sex cells produced by a man called?
Make sex cells are called sperm and female sex cells are called ova
What are reproductive cells called?
They are called gametes. In mammals, the male produces sperm and the female produces ova.
What is the human male gamete called?
The male gamete is a sperm. The female gamete is an ova or egg.
What is the lifespan of a sperm to an ova?
24 hrs
What is the first stage of a hummingbird?
Ova and sperm,
What are sperm in the male and ova in the female?
Fertilization
In males the reproductive cells are called?
A male or female reproductive cell is called a gamete. =-)
What is the process by which ova are formed?
the process of ava formaton in female s called oogenesis, and sperm formation is called spermatogenesis.
What a is a single particle of an element?
sperm or ova
