Ovulation typically produces just one egg per cycle. Why does ejaculate contain more than just one sperm?
Explanation:
The female reproductive system produces one egg cell every month but males can ejaculate about 50 million sperm cells to fertilise one egg cell as:
1. The sperms released from the males are killed by the acidic nature of the cervix due to the acidic secretion of the female reproductive structure.
2. The sperms get trapped in the structure of the cervix which reduces the chances of reaching the egg cell.
3. only a few sperms reach the egg cell out of which only one sperm cell fuses with the egg cell and the rest are degraded by the system.
Thus, male ejaculate a large number of cells.