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What's the difference between sperm and spermatozoa?

By Zaira Salvador B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist).
Last Update: 11/02/2017

A spermatozoon (in plural spermatozoa) is a motile sperm cell, that is, the reproductive cell of human males, carried in semen, that fertilizes the ovum to create a new human being, while the term sperm is commonly used to refer to the semen.

 Zaira Salvador
Zaira Salvador
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Embryologist
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). Biotechnology Degree from the National University of Ireland en Galway (NUIG) and embryologist specializing in Assisted Reproduction, with a Master's Degree in Biotechnology of Human Reproduction from the University of Valencia (UV) and the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI)
License: 3185-CV
Embryologist. Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). Biotechnology Degree from the National University of Ireland en Galway (NUIG) and embryologist specializing in Assisted Reproduction, with a Master's Degree in Biotechnology of Human Reproduction from the University of Valencia (UV) and the Valencian Infertility Institute (IVI) License: 3185-CV.