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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

March 3, 2025

A colorized scanning electron micrograph reveals in fine detail human sperm traveling through a fallopian tube. Ciliated cells (purple with hairlike extensions) help move eggs from the ovary to the uterus and regulate flow of fluid. Secretory cells (green) produce a nutrient-rich fluid that bathes sperm and egg.

Image courtesy of Steve Gschmeissner.