NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Listen to pronunciation. (REE-proh-DUK-tiv sel) An egg or sperm cell. Each mature reproductive cell carries a single set of 23 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The egg cell, or ovum (plural ova), is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non-motile).

Detailed explanation-3: -In the human reproductive process, two kinds of sex cells, or gametes (pronounced: GAH-meetz), are involved. The male gamete, or sperm, and the female gamete, the egg or ovum, meet in the female’s reproductive system.

Detailed explanation-4: -In women, the reproductive system includes the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the uterus, the cervix, and the vagina. In men, it includes the prostate, the testes, and the penis.