The Sperm And The Egg

The Sperm and the Egg
Tarnisha S. Hagens
PSY/265
April 15, 2012
UOPX/Axia College
The Sperm and the Egg
The movement of the sperm known as semen comes from the testicles also known as the testis in the endocrine gland. Adult males build up at least 100 million sperm cells each day. The sperm cells known as semen would slowly move into the epididymis because this is where the semen would go through maturation. Before the semen became to be known it was called the spermatogenesis which differentiates into sperm. This is the traveled experience with the movement of semen. The formation of the egg within women takes place in their ovaries. About 4 million oocytes have formed in a women body by the time one of the oocyte is created. About 1 million oocytes will linger and the other ones are excluded by apoptosis. Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2 are secondary oocytes. The first meiosis forms an enormous secondary meiosis, and a miniature polar body receives a slight more than a single set of chromosome. There is a matter of chance to determine which chromosome would conclude the egg and the polar body.
For females function of internal and external sex organs the internal sex organs “includes the innermost parts of the vagina, the cervix, the uterus, and two ovaries, each connected to the fallopian tube” (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2005, p. 68). For the external organs for the female would be the anus, labia majora known as the major lips, vaginal opening, mons veneris, labia minura known as the minor lips, clitoral glands, urethral opening, and perineum. The ovaries and the fallopian tube; the fallopian tube spread from the upper uterus just before the ovaries and directing ova to the uterus. The ovaries are two organs shaped like almonds also this is where the eggs are stored for whenever a woman is ready to bear children.
On the other hand, men have internal and external sex organs as well. The external organs in men are the penis and the scrotum. Therefore, the internal sex organs consist of their “testes, the organs that manufacture sperm and testosterone; the system of tubes and ducts that conduct sperm through the male reproductive system; and the organs that help nourish and activate sperm and neutralize some of the acidity that sperm encounter in the vagina” (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2005, p. 109). The sperm production is the testes and the testosterone. The two functions the testes server are the germ cells and androgens. During fertilization, the 23 chromosomes form the father’s sperm cell combined with the 23 chromosomes from the mother ovum. Among the 23 chromosome borne by sperm cell is one sex chromosome an X sex chromosome or a Y sex chromosome” (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2005, p. 110).
As an embryo develops, it needs cooperation from the Mullerian and Wolffian ducts. The male sex organs are the Wolffian ducts, and the development of the Mullerian is consisting of between women. The X and Y chromosome play a large role in fertilization, and in producing the two hormones. The sex chromosomes and hormones between women and man will develop into sex organs. There are a lot of known facts about X and Y chromosome. A person may think a father can get a pregnant and determine is own sex of the baby, which is false because sperm cell possess the same receptors. Therefore, learning the difference and the journey of the egg and sperm is enough to wonder where babies come from.

Reference
Rathus, S. A., Nevid, J. S., & Fichner-Rathus, L. (2005). Human sexuality in a world of diversity (6th Ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.