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Function of Cells in the Seminiferous Tubules

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Name the enzyme secreted by the head of the sperm that helps it to penetrate into the ovum.

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Acrosome (head of sperm) contains digestive enzymes, hyaluronidase and acrosin that digest the membrane of ova and facilitate fertilisation of sperm with egg.

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