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15:05 Aug 25, 2014 |
Croatian to English translations [PRO] Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / pharmaceutical | |||||||
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4 +1 | spermatozoon head |
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3 +2 | sperm head |
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spermatozoon head Explanation: A spermatozoon (pronounced /ˌspɜrmætəˈzoʊən/, alternate spelling spermatozoön; plural spermatozoa; from Ancient Greek: σπέρμα "seed" and Ancient Greek: ζῷον "living being") is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete. A spermatozoon joins an ovum to form a zygote. (A zygote is a single cell, with a complete set of chromosomes, that normally develops into an embryo.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatozoon A spermatozoon is the male sex cell or gamete that fertilizes the female egg or ovum in organisms that reproduce sexually, including all animals and some plants. Unlike most of the cells that make up multicellular organisms, spermatozoa consist of a head and at least one flagellum or tail, which allows them to move independently. The head contains very little cytoplasm compared to other cells and carries very densely packed chromosomes within the nucleus. Like all sex cells, sperm cells are haploid, containing only half the number of chromosomes typical of the species. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-spermatozoon.htm |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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