Come...or c-u-m? Are you kidding?
Here...right out of Wikepedia:
Approximately 200- to 500-million spermatozoa (also called sperm or spermatozoans), produced in the testes, are released per ejaculation. However, they make up only about 2–5% of the volume of semen. The bulk of the semen is composed of seminal plasma, the fluid portion of semen. This fluid is contributed by the accessory male reproductive organs. Some 60% of the volume of ejaculate is produced by the seminal vesicles, and most of the remainder is generated by the prostate. A small amount of viscous mucus secreted by the bulbourethral glands contributes to the cohesive jelly-like texture of semen.
Seminal plasma of humans contains a complex range of organic and inorganic constituents. They include metal and salt ions, sugars, lipids, steroid hormones, enzymes, prostaglandin hormones, amino acids and basic amines. The seminal plasma provides a nutritive and protective medium for the spermatozoa during their journey through the female reproductive tract. The normal environment of the vagina is a hostile one for sperm cells, as it is very acidic (from the native microflora producing lactic acid), viscous, and patrolled by immune cells. The components in the seminal plasma attempt to compensate for this hostile environment.
Basic amines such as putrescine, spermine, spermidine and cadaverine are responsible for the smell and flavor of semen. These alkaline bases counteract the acidic environment of the vaginal canal (which is harmful to sperm), and protect DNA inside the sperm from acidic denaturation. Salts and metal ions in the semen help to create a more hospitable environment for the sperm in the vaginal canal. A typical ejaculation can contain up to 5 mg of zinc. Zinc serves to help to stabilize the DNA-containing chromatin in the sperm cells. A zinc deficiency may result in lowered fertility because of increased sperm fragility. Zinc deficiency can also adversely affect spermatogenesis.
The simple sugar fructose is the main energy source of sperm cells, which rely entirely on sugars from the seminal plasma for energy. Other components of semen (mucus and texturizing proteins) serve to increase the mobility of sperm cells in the vagina and cervix by creating a less viscous channel for the sperm cells to swim through, and preventing their diffusion out of the semen. Prostaglandin hormones are involved in suppressing an immune response by the female against the foreign semen.
A description of normal semen, is described in a 1992 WHO report, of a volume of 2.0 ml or greater, pH of 7.20 to 8.0, sperm concentration of 20x106 spermatozoa/ml or more, sperm count of 40x106 spermatozoa per ejaculate or more and motility of 50% or more with forward progression(categories a and b)or 25% or more with rapid progression(category a)within 60 minutes of ejaculation.[1]
If human semen is left in an open container for a few days, it begins to go bad and produce a distinctive smell similar to the pollen of the Tree of heaven.
It is also said to smell like chlorine and bleach, and taste like warm and salty butter.
2006-09-23 05:25:00
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answered by Clock Watcher 4
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Come? The word or the sneeze (you'll understand what that means if watched Gigli with JLo and Ben Affleck)?
According to a web-site that defines words, "come" can = "exist or occur in a certain point in a series".... take it any way you read it!
2006-09-23 12:21:33
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answered by Zoila 6
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This is an etymological question, probably Sanskritic in origin.
2006-09-23 12:58:16
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answered by ag_iitkgp 7
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