![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gray3.png/640px-Gray3.png&w=640&q=50)
Egg cell
Female reproductive cell in most anisogamous organisms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Egg cell?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The egg cell or ovum (pl.: ova) is the female reproductive cell, or gamete,[1] 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). If the male gamete (sperm) is capable of movement, the type of sexual reproduction is also classified as oogamous. A nonmotile female gamete formed in the oogonium of some algae, fungi, oomycetes, or bryophytes is an oosphere.[2] When fertilized, the oosphere becomes the oospore.[clarification needed]
Egg cell | |
---|---|
![]() A human egg cell with surrounding corona radiata | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ovum |
Greek | ωάριο (oário) |
MeSH | D010063 |
FMA | 67343 |
Anatomical terms of microanatomy |
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ovum_Diagram.svg/320px-Ovum_Diagram.svg.png)
When egg and sperm fuse during fertilisation, a diploid cell (the zygote) is formed, which rapidly grows into a new organism.