egg cells
Fertilization awaits them
Egg cells are the female reproductive cells—the larger, non-motile gametes that combine with sperm to form embryos.
In humans and other mammals, egg cells are produced in the ovaries.
The term is slightly more technical than *eggs* alone but less formal than *ova*: The fertility treatment stimulates the ovaries to produce multiple egg cells.
- ovaFemale reproductive cells
- oocyteUndeveloped female gamete
- ovumFemale reproductive cell
- oogenesisFemale reproductive cell development
- haploidSingle chromosome complement
meiosis · follicle · ovarian · eggs · zygote · blastocyst · synapsis · genetic inheritance · crossing over · womb · matured · fertilization · maternal · ovulation · menstrual cycle · reproduction · estrogen · fallopian
- cellscells, blood cells, nerve cells, brain cells, mitosis
- sex edsex education, sex ed, puberty, consent education, contraception
- biospecimensblood samples, tissue samples, DNA samples, saliva samples, biological samples
- germplasmgermplasm, seed banks, gene pools, genetic material, seeds
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, sperm, pregnancy
- pollinationpollinator, bees, bee pollination, hummingbirds, bee
gamete type/sex
egg cellssperm cells
Male reproductive gametes
sperm · spermatozoa · sperm cell · pollen · milt