Question

Human egg is larger than human sperm because it has

• A. Larger nucleus.
• B. More membranes.
• C. Core cytoplasm.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Core cytoplasm.

Human sperm consists of a head and tail, the head carrying the genetic material and tail has mitochondria which derives the movement of sperm. It is very small in size (0.05mm) and a drop of serum contains millions of sperms. The human egg consists of genetic material along with core cytoplasm surrounding nucleus that has all the cellular components such as ribosomes, RNAs which are essential for protein synthesis and which ultimately gives rise to the whole body of an organism. Human egg measures 2cm against human sperm 0.05mm.