<Tr> <Th> MeSH </Th> <Td> D006066 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> FMA </Th> <Td> 18250 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anatomical terminology (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> A gonad or sex gland or reproductive gland is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism . In the female of the species the reproductive cells are the egg cells, and in the male the reproductive cells are the sperm . The male gonad, the testicle, produces sperm in the form of spermatozoa . The female gonad, the ovary, produces egg cells . Both of these gametes, are haploid germ cells . </P>

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