Which is larger, a single sperm cell or a single egg cell?

Question

I kind if think they are the same size but i dunno lol

Answer 1

Egg cell is larger.  Doctors can sometimes can see them with the "naked eye".

Sperm cells are VERY VERY much smaller - like a thousand time smaller, or more.

Answer 2

A single egg cell - by many times.

Answer 3

Egg is quite a bit larger. It's the one cell in the human body that you can see with the naked eye.

Answer 4

a single egg cell....... the main reason behind this,egg cell stores nutritional items which is later used by growing zygote.....

Answer 5

egg cell has to b larger than sperm cell as sperm cell pierces the egg n fertilizes it. so egg cell is of-course larger than sperm cell

Answer 6

egg cell is quite larger than a sperm cell

Answer 7

if you mean by a geometrical size then actually an egg is definitely way bigger than a single sperm cell. I am talking about thousands of times bigger!

Answer 8

Egg cells. This is one reason that mitochondria are donated to the embryo by the mother ONLY. The small size of the sperm head does not allow them to be a donor of the mitochondria.

Answer 9

Egg cell

Answer 10

Eggs are much larger than sperm cells.

Answer 11

the egg is larger, even though is the size of a sand particle, it is bigger than a  single sperm.