Ovum
Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
An ovum is the female sex cell.
- Also known as: Egg Cell
Adaptations of the Ovum
- The ovum has a large volume of cytoplasm to store food.
- The ovum has a jelly coating to only allow 1 sperm cell to fertilise the ovum.
About the Ovum
- The ovum is made by the ovaries.
- The ovum is a sex cell that contains half the DNA needed to make a new human.
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References
AQA
Edexcel
- Egg cells, pages 12, 26, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Egg cells, pages 13, 32, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Egg cells, pages 26, 27, 84, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel
- Egg cells, pages 8, 40, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
- Egg cells, pages 8, 52, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel