What is the acrosomal reaction, and why does only one sperm fertilise the ovum?
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Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
A sperm has a head, a middle piece and a tail. The head holds the haploid nucleus capped by the acrosome, which carries the enzymes that dissolve the egg coverings. The middle piece is packed with mitochondria that supply the energy for movement, and the tail propels the sperm.
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The whole cell is covered by a plasma membrane.
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