What are sperm cells?
Sperm cells are unbelievably tiny. Four to five hundred million sperm cells will fit on one teaspoon. Now that’s what I call microscopic! When viewed under a powerful microscope you can see that sperm cells are shaped like a tadpole (sperm diagram). The testicles can produce millions of sperm cells each day. Sperm cells are the father’s contribution to making a baby. When a sperm cell from the father joins with an egg cell from the mother a new life begins. testicles scrotum ejaculation sperm cells semen What is an ejaculation? During puberty a boy will begin to have ejaculations. An ejaculation is when semen is ejected from the tip of the penis. The semen carries the sperm cells out of a male’s body. What is semen? Semen is a milky white fluid that carries the sperm cells out of a man’s body. About a teaspoon of semen comes out of the penis during an ejaculation. You can see the semen but you cannot see the hundreds of millions of sperm cells that come out in the teaspoon of semen. In
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