A spermatozoon (/spərˌmætəˈzoʊ.ən, ˌspɜːrmətə-/; also spelled spermatozoön; pl.: spermatozoa; from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) 'seed' and ζῷον (zôion) 'animal')...

an ovum, and a male produces the smaller type, called a sperm cell or spermatozoon. Sperm cells are small and motile due to the presence of a tail-shaped...

such as mammals, paternal mitochondria brought to the oocyte by the spermatozoon are degraded through the attachment of ubiquitinated proteins. The destruction...

elevation, termed the cone of attraction or reception cone. Once the spermatozoon has entered, the peripheral portion of the yolk changes into a membrane...

the end of the process, it has radically transformed into an elongated spermatozoon, complete with a head, midpiece, and tail. The process of spermiogenesis...

outcome of assisted reproduction procedures, facilitating conception. Spermatozoon is the male gamete. After ejaculation this cell is not mature, so it...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

or egg cell) is considered female, while the smaller gamete (called a spermatozoon, or sperm cell) is considered male. An individual that produces large...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

reproductive system is achieved via muscle contraction rather than the spermatozoon's recently acquired motility. At all stages of differentiation, the spermatogenic...

Spermatocytogenesis Spermatocyte Spermatidogenesis Spermatid Spermiogenesis Spermatozoon Other Seminiferous tubules Tubuli seminiferi recti Retia testes Efferent...

inside the male gonads (testicles) via meiotic division. The initial spermatozoon process takes around 70 days to complete. The process starts with the...

apparatus origin, commonly located at the tip of the head of the mature spermatozoon, which contains a variety of enzymes and antigens required for fertilization...

childbirth. The ova, which are the female sex cells, are much larger than the spermatozoon and are normally formed within the ovaries of the female fetus before...

"Beta-chemokine receptors 5 and 3 are expressed on the head region of human spermatozoon". The FASEB Journal. 19 (14): 2048–50. doi:10.1096/fj.05-3962fje. hdl:11573/361629...

Spermatocytogenesis Spermatocyte Spermatidogenesis Spermatid Spermiogenesis Spermatozoon Other Seminiferous tubules Tubuli seminiferi recti Retia testes Efferent...

Fertilization is the event where the egg cell fuses with the male gamete, spermatozoon. After the point of fertilization, the fused product of the female and...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

organ Mating Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External Internal Sexual selection Plant reproduction...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

movement within a living organism, especially a motile gamete such as a spermatozoon (in the case of algae now zoid), or an independent animal-like organism...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

non-linear motility pattern as sperm approach the oocyte. The capacitated spermatozoon and the oocyte meet and interact in the ampulla of the fallopian tube...

collective action of each spermatozoon moving independently. Reproduction has also been observed involving only a single spermatozoon reaching the female's...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis Spermatogenesis Oogenesis Gamete spermatozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization Sexual...

Milt Semen extender Seminal fluid protein Sperm donation Spermadhesin Spermatozoon Vaginal lubrication Julian Lombardi (6 December 2012). Comparative Vertebrate...

starts with the fertilization of an egg cell (ovum) by a sperm cell (spermatozoon). Once fertilized, the ovum becomes a single diploid cell known as a...

microtubules with no radial symmetry, such as in the distal centriole of human spermatozoon. Atypical centrioles may have evolved at least eight times independently...

appears superimposed over a planet in space. He opens his mouth and a spermatozoon-like creature emerges. The Man in the Planet, a male being working inside...