Spermiogram

Question 1

What is semen?

Answer 1

Organic fluid secreted by the gonads and othe sexual organs of the male –> contains sperm and seminal plasma.

Question 2

Where is seminal plasma produced?

Answer 2

By the seminal vesicle, the prostare an the bulbourethral glands.

Question 3

Function of seminal plasma?

Answer 3

Provides a nutritive and protective medium for the spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract.

Question 4

Where are sperm produced and what is the process called?

Answer 4

In the seminiferous tubules of the testes by spermatogenesis.

Question 5

Which four basic parameters are tested to evaluate semen quality?

Answer 5

• concentration
• motility
• morphology
• acrosome integrity

Question 6

Morphological abnormalities of sperm?

Answer 6

• double or elongated head
• coiled or bent tail / two tails
• swollen acrosome
• cytoplasmic droplet –> on the neck and the midlle of the tail –> not fully developed

Question 7

Function of sperm?

Answer 7

• transmission of heriditary information
• progression towards egg and fertilization
• Acrosome with enzymes (hyaluronidase) –> penetration