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OpenStudy (surryyy):
Which cell is bigger the male or female? Why?
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OpenStudy (abhisar):
You mean which sex cell is bigger, sperm or ovum ?
OpenStudy (surryyy):
sex cells.
OpenStudy (abhisar):
Ovum (Female sex cell) is bigger than sperm (male sex cell)
OpenStudy (surryyy):
why?
OpenStudy (abhisar):
Because it has large content of cytoplasm in it while sperms have very less content of cytoplasm.
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OpenStudy (surryyy):
Thank u,
OpenStudy (abhisar):
u'r welcome
OpenStudy (ookawaiioo):
Going into more details why the sperm cell is smaller. When the sperm is made in the semiferious tubules (I spelled it wrong), it matures in the epididymus where it acquires motility (a tail, I think its a flagella) and loses its cytoplasm.
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