The main function of the sperm is to carry the 18,000 male genes to the female’s

egg, just as the Apollo capsule carries the astronauts on their mission. These genes
represent the male's contribution to the DNA make-up of the hoped-for baby. The
capsule also has a unique surface feature in its membrane which allows it to burrow
through the shell of the woman's egg.

The egg is the sole provider of such endosymbiotic organelles, including mitochondria
within the cytoplasm.
In the viviparous animals (which include humans and all other placental mammals), the
ovum is fertilized inside the female body, and the embryo then develops inside the uterus,
receiving nutrition directly from the mother.
In the oviparous animals (all birds, most fishes, amphibians and reptiles) the ova develop
protective layers and pass through the oviduct to the outside of the body. They are
fertilized by male sperm either inside the female body (as in birds), or outside (as in
many fishes). After fertilization, an embryo develops, nourished by nutrients contained in
the egg. It then hatches from the egg, outside the mother's body.

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• he function of a nerve cell, or "neuron" as scientists normally call it, is to carry
information in the brain. That information is our sense of the outside world. When
you put your hand close to a hot surface (like a stove) one type of nerve cell that
stretches from the tip of your finger to your spine can sense that heat. It sends a
report of that information into your brain as electricity. When that electrical
information has to be shared with another nerve cell in your brain (or spinal cord)
• granule cells are situated to regulate the flow of information into the
hippocampus, a structure required for normal learning and memoryit is changed
into chemical information between the two cells and then changed back into
electricity by the new cell.

The liver cells secrete the bile, and this collects in the bile capillaries, which then
unite, forming bile ducts. These bile ducts all eventually unite, forming the main
hepatic duct, which gives off a branch, the cystic duct, on its way toward the
hepatic duct.

The function of the skin

Each of the structures which comprise the skin has one or more functions, many of which play
a vital role in maintaining good health. Those which may be affected in acne, eczema or
psoriasis are also described in a little more detail.

Tissue arising chiefly from the embryonic mesoderm that is characterized by a highly
vascular matrix and includes collagenous, elastic, and reticular fibers, adipose tissue,
cartilage, and bone. It forms the supporting and connecting structures of the body.

Bone lining cells are essentially inactive osteoblasts. They cover all of the available bone
surface and function as a barrier for certain ions.

the red blood cells is to carry oxygen to all the tissues from the lungs. The red blood cells than
transport the carbon dioxide.
fat cells is to provide a metabolic cushion to even out nutrient resources and provide stored
energy for times when foods are scarce ...

gland cell in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... hormone that stimulates growth, metabolism, and
other functions of the body. ...

columnar absorptive cell is the absorption of water, ... The goblet cells are interspersed among
the absorptive columnar cells.