Sperm contains 23 chromosomes. An egg contains 23 chromosomes. The zygote (a fertilized egg) contains 46 chromosomes. Yet, it is also important to consider that the egg completes meiosis before joining with the sperm, thereby shedding half of its 46 chromosomes into a polar body that adjoins the zona pelucida lining.
Man, male, gentleman are nouns referring to adult human beings who are biologically male; that is, physiologically equipped to initiate conception but not to bear children.
mensch noun An admirable and substantial person; a decent and mature person: wear good clothes and look like a mensch/ A generous little mensch gets French manicure gift certificates for his girlfriend A virile man â¢Can also be used of women: mensch, a stand-up he-man/ Trigere, almost alone, is mensch enough to candidly dismiss the misogynous midi