What is the cap on the head of a spermatozoon called?

Answer 1

Inside the head of a sperm cell is the nucleus containing the genetic information (DNA coiled into chromosomes), and the acrosome containing enzymes for breaking down the outer layer of the egg cell so that the sperm can enter the egg.

Answer 2

Sperm cell anterior half of the region is known as acrosome or the head of the sperm. It is actually an organelle derived from Golgi apparatus. Acrosome is filled with enzymes such as hyaluranidase that helps to penetrate the head into the egg cell. Importantly head region has the genetic material (DNA) of the male cell that ultimately mix with the egg to develop embryo

Answer 3

It holds the DNA from the man and pushes it through to the woman's DNA.

Answer 4

The head of a sperm is called the head. The second section is called the mid-piece, and the tail is called the flagellum.

It is called the head. Then follows the midpiece and tail.