EGG CELL

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• The production of eggs in females begin before birth
• Women are born with specific and limited quantity of eggs
• In humans the egg cell is the largest cell
• It is consists

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• It is consist of protoplasm surrounded by a thin cell membrane
• It may also have a noncellular covering called zonapellucida
• Within the large nucleus with a nucleolus the cell is haploid so that when a sperm cell fertilizes it, forms a diploid zygote

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• The human egg cell grow from primitive germ cells that are embedded in the substance of the ovaries
• Each one of them divided repeatedly to give rise to several smaller cells, the oogonia
• The oogonia develop into to the ova, the primary oocytes

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• It has many lysomes
• Liquid droplets for food reserve

ADAPTION OF EGG CELLS TO THE FUNCTION

• The egg can grow with the baby and can just feed and take care of the baby
• The egg cell is big and round and like a big birds nest