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There are acids present in the vagina which kill the sperm when they enter. Not all sperm are killed but a large number are reduced to prevent them from potentially reaching the egg.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt fertilizes an egg and forms a fetus. That is how you become pregnant.
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How long sperm live in a female body while she on her period?
How long sperm can survive in the female body depends on how healthy the sperm are and whether the female is fertile at the time. If there is fertile quality cervical mucus present then sperm can potential survive for up to a week within her body.
What is the joining of sperm and egg outside the female body called?
In vitro fertilization
How long does the male sperm stays in the female body?
A regular sperm lives up to 72 hours in the female body. However, most die within the first 12 hours due to the highly acidic vaginal canal.
Human cell containing 22 autosomes and a Y chromosome?
A normal human cell containing 44 autosomes and two X chromosomes is a somatic cell of a female. The word "somatic" comes from the Greek word "soma" which means body.
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.
Where in the female body are sperm released?
The female body does not release or have "sperm" - women have "eggs" that the mans sperm fertilizes to achieve conception.
How long sperm live in a female body while she on her period?
How long sperm can survive in the female body depends on how healthy the sperm are and whether the female is fertile at the time. If there is fertile quality cervical mucus present then sperm can potential survive for up to a week within her body.
If a female swallows sperm can her body digest it?
Sperm, being a protein, does get digested by the human body.
What is a body feature?
They shoot sperm all over the female
Why you should ever get married?
Like an animals, there is sperm in the male's body and not the female's body. There is a cell in the female's body that a child is born in, but only if the male's sperm is there. If you don't want children, Why would you want to be lonely?
What are the requirements for fertilization to occur inside the female body?
sperm from a male
What is the reproduction of a rattlesnake?
The male injects sperm into the female's cloaca. The eggs inside the female are fertilized by this sperm and are incubated inside the female's body until the young are ready to emerge to the outside world.
Where does women's sperm come from?
Women do not produce sperm ! Women produce eggs - which are developed in their ovaries !
What is a external fertalisation?
External fertilization occurs when the egg is fertilized by the sperm outside of the female's body. As when a female fish deposits her eggs on the ground and the male fish ejaculates his sperm over the eggs. Internal fertilisation occurs when the sperm fertilizes the egg inside the female's body. Which is what mammals do, including human beings.
Can you push outside sperm into the body to get pregnant?
Yes, definately. In some cases, when a couple wants a child, the male cannot ejaculate sperm. As such, there are donors of sperm. The sperm is just put in the female reproductive organ and the female falls pregnant
What factors are required for fertilization to occur inside the female body?
sperm from a male
What is the joining of sperm and egg outside the female body called?
In vitro fertilization
