sperm cell
Tadpole-shaped fertilizer cell
A sperm cell is the male reproductive cell in animals and some plants—the gamete that fertilizes an egg.
Sperm cells are microscopic, consisting of a head containing genetic material and a tail for propulsion.
In humans, millions are released during ejaculation, though only one can fertilize an egg.
Often shortened to sperm.
- flagellumWhiplike cellular appendage
- tail whipStriking with rear appendage
- semenMale reproductive secretion
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- haploidSingle chromosome complement
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- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, pregnancy
- gametesegg, ovum, oocyte, ova
- pollenpollen, pollen grains, pollen grain, bee pollen, grass pollen
- germ cellsgamete, ova, ovum, oocyte, spermatid
- reproductive tissueovary, testis, uterus, endometrium, placenta
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