trace the process of the sperm successfully reaching the egg and the ability to start fertilization depends on several factors. One being the sperm must be capable of propelling through the vagina and cervix to reach the egg. Two, the conditions must be just right for the sperm to travel through the layers of cervical mucus that guard the entrance to the uterus. Three, the sperm must have the capability of converting to a form that can penetrate the cell membrane of the egg. Jumping back a few steps
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Week 1 Assignment: The Sperm and the Egg Nathaniel Morris PSY/265 3/18/2012 Nicole Pansey Week 1 Assignment: The Sperm and the Egg Many of us have heard about the birds and the bees. Most parents find this story to better illustrate how conception happens. When a young child asks their parent “Where do babies come from”, a parent may find it hard to look in their young child’s eyes, and describe exactly what happens. The actual scientific process may be harder to explain, but will be
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THE SPERM AND THE EGG The Sperm and The Egg PSY/ 265 March 20, 2014 I am Egg. I have taken the long, dark journey into the infundibulum. This is the outermost part of the woman’s fallopian tube. Sperm, my soul mate, has been waiting for me to make this trip for an eternity. The sperm is the germ cell of a male. We can now finally meet. I have been waiting for this instant for so long now. I am very much looking forward to
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The Sperm and the Egg Danyell Daniel Psy/265 October 9, 2015 Frank Brusinski The Sperm and the Egg Trace the movements of the sperm and the egg from their development to fertilization. While a man (John) and women (Nancy) comment the act of sexual affairs, the women has to be in a productive state and her body will discharge one egg for the sperm to residence. John will discharge anywhere from 100 million to 300 million sperms in one conference of intercourse, His sperm must first make
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By: Lisa Smith This is a story about Jim the Sperm, and Lisa the Egg. This is a very exiting day for Jim and Lisa for they are going to get fertilized. Fertilization is when Jim and Lisa will fuse together and become a new individual. Lisa has been waiting for this day for 22 years since her egg was produced, when she was in the fetal ovaries, along with five million who are waiting to be chosen. For Lisa haven been the lucky one others she was chosen. Jim feels like he has won a million bucks
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The Sperm and the Egg: A Story of How Charlie and Penelope Met and Fell in Love PSY/265 March 10, 2013 The Sperm and the Egg Many people have had to sit through the birds and the bees’ explanation of where babies come from. Parents use this because it is a way of explanation without feeling as uncomfortable as one would be if they had to look their child in the eye and describe exactly what happens. This explanation would probably be easier for a parent than going through the difficult task
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Running head: THE SPERM AND THE EGG Assignment: The Sperm and the Egg 1 YOUR NAME PSY/265 DATE NAME OF PROFESSOR The Sperm and the Egg It has certainly been a wild adventure on my way to the infundibulum, which serves as the outer component of a female’s fallopian tube (Nevid, Rathus & Fichner-Rathus, 2005). My name is ‘Egg’. In fact, all of my siblings share the same exact name! I am anxiously awaiting my friends to arrive. They are all named ‘Sperm’ and are considered to be
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The Sperm and the Egg Chelsie Robinson University of Phoenix The Sperm and the Egg This story is about Drogo the sperm and Dany the egg and their journey to fertilization. Drogo along with 500 million other warriors race to get to the beautiful Dany to get the chance to fertilize her. Drogo’s life begins in the seminiferous tubules also called the testes. The testes are the male gonads and secret sex hormones and produce mature germ cells (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2011). He has
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The Sperm and the Egg Well, to better understand how babies are born, you have to understand how the entire process works between the sperm and the egg. The reproductive system of the male has two essential functions and those are production of sperm and the delivery of the sperm to the reproductive tract of the female. The sperm production takes place in the testes (male’s testicles). Basically, each testicle has to produce and start spermatogenesis. Spermatogenesis has several different
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Sperm is produced in the seminiferous tubules of the testes and are stored in the epididymis. (t From the epididymis the sperm travel along the vas deferens. Sperm then continue along the vas deferens and pass by the seminal vesicle and prostate where fluids are added. Eventually this mixture reaches the urethra, passing by Cowper's gland where more fluids are added, to be ejaculated out of the penis as semen. The fluids come from the prostate gland, and the seminal vesicle. Its purpose is to act
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