In contrast, each egg cell, or ovum, is relatively large and non-motile. During fertilization, a spermatozoon and ovum unite to form a new diploid organism.

The FSH causes the maturation of the follicles in the ovaries -- each follicle consists of an egg (ovum) surrounded by cells that produce ... of the embryo (the fertilized ovum).

Female: At birth, a girl's pair of ovaries contain up to 1,000,000 follicles, which are hollow balls of cells, each with an immature egg (or ovum ... the uterus without fertilization by a sperm ...

An unborn child would include any fertilized egg, also effectively banning many fertility and IVF procedures. The bill does make exceptions if the fetus dies during a lifesaving treatment for a ...

23, No. 2, Jul., 1912 The Ovum of the Nine-Banded Armadillo. G... The Ovum of the Nine-Banded Armadillo. Growth of the Ovocytes, Maturation and Fertilization This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

The female gamete is called an ovum or egg. The plural is ova. Ova are produced from germline cells in the ovaries. Ovaries contain immature ova at various stages of development. Each ova is ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on February 18, 2025, Volume 17, Issue 2, titled "Transcriptomic ...

Sexual reproduction involves the joining of two sex cells or gametes – the sperm (male gamete) and the egg or ovum (female gamete). The male and female reproductive system The male reproductive ...