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THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN CREATION

The Sperm's
Developmental Pathway
In order to fertilise an egg, about
200-300 million sperm cells are made re-
ady for the journey. This is a surprising
number, but there is an important re-
ason for it. As we will see in more deta-
il later, a great number of the sperm that enter the mother-to-be's body die
on the way and the number of sperm which are able to reach the egg is very
small. Therefore, the great number of sperm obviates the risk of the fertilisa-
tion of the egg not being successful. This army of millions of individual
sperm is produced in the male reproductive organs called the testes. The
sperm go through many stages in their production in the testes and, in order
for them to survive, the place where they are produced must be cool. The
o
normal human body temperature is 37 C. This temperature
would kill the sperm, therefore sperm cannot live insi-
de the body. One of the most noticeable characteris-
tics of the testes is that they are outside the body.
Because of this special design according to which
God created the male body, the sperm have a
specially prepared place for their production.
The testes are composed of a system of
small tubes. This system of tubes occupies
quite a large space, which allows millions of
sperm to be produced quickly and in a place
where they can be easily stored. The reason
testis
that sperm must be quickly produced and sto-
red is understandable when we consider that,
for an egg to be fertilised, 200-300 million sperm
must be produced.
The male testes, male
reproductive organs, with t When we think about the number of sperm
heir location in the body, their produced, we can call the testes miniature factori-
reproductive capacity and in-
ternal structure, are a wonder-
ful example of design.
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