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The female sex cell is called egg (ovum, plural: ova). Eggs are produced in the female sex glands (ovaries), and they are the largest cells in the human body. They are visible to the naked eye, being about the size of the dot at the end of this sentence. The contrast in volume between egg and sperm is immense. It would take only the combined total length of three sperm cells to span the diameter of one egg, but the egg's volume is 85,000 times greater than that of the sperm. The egg is round in shape and it contains twenty-three special bodies (chromosomes) which carry the woman's inheritable characteristics. However, unlike sperm cells eggs come in one variety only-they all contain X chromosomes. If an egg unites with a sperm that also carries an X chromosome, the child resulting from that union will be a girl. However, if the same egg should unite with a sperm carrying a Y chromosome, the child would be a boy. In other words, the sex of a child is determined not by the content of the egg, but by that of the sperm. The egg does not leave the woman's body in order to unite with the sperm. Instead, the sperm has to be brought to the egg if a fertilization is to be possible.
Once the female sex glands have matured during puberty, they normally release not more than one egg per month. Even so, in the course of a woman's life their total number may very well reach more than 400. Obviously, most of them will never be fertilized and thus never contribute to actual conceptions. Instead, they simply die and dissolve.
from: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/ATLAS_EN/html/the_female_sex_cell_egg.html
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Scientific name for a sex cell?
germ cellsreproductive cellsgamete cells
What is the repruductive system of female sex cell and male sex cell?
The female sex cell is the egg (ovum) and is produced in the ovaries through the process of oogenesis. The male sex cell is the sperm and is produced in the testes through the process of spermatogenesis. Both cells are essential for sexual reproduction and fertilization to occur.
What are female sex cells called?
egg
What is the name of the male sex cell is the?
sperm
What is the male sex cell in plant called?
The Male sex cell, which is in the Anther or Stamen, is called a sperm just like the male sex cell in humans.
Is the name of the female sex cell ovum?
Yes - a female sex cell is called an ovum. The plural for female sex cells is ova.
What is the name of the sex cell that contains the chromosomes from the mother?
The female gamete or egg cell.
What is the name of the female sex cell in a blue whale?
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What is the sex cell of a female deer?
The sex cell of a female deer is called an ovum or egg.
What is the name for what happens when a male and a female sex cell join up?
Fertilization.
Scientific name for a sex cell?
germ cellsreproductive cellsgamete cells
Another name for a sperm cell?
Gamete (a male or female sex cell ie the egg or the sperm)
What is the female sex cell in animals called?
The female sex cell in animals is called an ovum or egg.
What is the female sex cell?
Egg Cell
What is the name of a female gamete sex cell?
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How many sex chromosomes in a female liver cell?
Two X sex chromosomes are in a female liver cell.
WHAT is the name given to the process when the male and felmale sex cells fuse?
The process is called fertilization. This is when the sperm cell from the male fuses with the egg cell from the female to form a zygote.
