Chapter 48 - Introduction

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To fully appreciate this tutorial, you should be familiar with the concepts of:
• Sexual reproduction
• Gametes
• Sperm
• Ovum
• Zygote
• Spermatogenesis

After this tutorial, you will be able to describe the structures that:
• Produce sperm
• Enable sperm to travel from the point of origin until they meet an egg

How does human reproduction work?

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Testes
Ducts
Accessory glands
Female reproductive system
Summary

Mammalian reproduction (including human reproduction) is a complex and intricate system. How do the components of the human male and female reproductive systems work together in transporting sperm, resulting in fertilization? This tutorial follows the path of sperm until they reach the egg, resulting in fertilization and the origin of a new human.