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Facts about Sperm

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spermatozoa), from the ancient Greek ?????? (seed) and ??? (alive), is more commonly known as a sperm or sperm cell.

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During fertilization, the sperm's mitochondria are destroyed by the egg cell.

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The average life span of sperm is between four to six days.

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A spermatozoon bearing a Y chromosome will lead to a male (XY) offspring, while a spermatozoon bearing an X chromosome will lead to a female (XX) offspring.

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The spermatids then mature into sperm as they lose most of their cytoplasm and develop a flagellated tail.

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Once the sperm has bound to ZP3, the fused section of the membranes opens and the nucleus of the sperm is transferred to the egg cytoplasm.

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Sperm do not swim randomly; they use various clues and factors to help reach the egg.

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Current research at Harvard University has shown that sperm swim from colder to warmer regions (Flam 2006).

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Once a sperm is capacitated and reaches the egg, enzymes are released from the acrosome in order to dissolve cell junctions and the zona pellucida coat (Carlson 2003).

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Once past this outer layer, a sperm has to surpass the protective glycoprotein coat of the zona pellucida.

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The sperm cell contains a minimum amount of cytoplasm.

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Together, the sperm cell and ovum form a zygote, or fertilized egg, which can then grow and develop into a new organism.

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The midpiece, which is located between the head and tail of the sperm cell, contains centrioles, microtubules, and a mitochondrial spiral.

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Spermatids are haploid cells and contain 23 single chromosomes.

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Spermatozoa are all derived from germ cells, or the embryonic gonadal cells that produce gametes.

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Each of the two secondary spermatocytes divides into two spermatids during the second meiotic division.

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The sudden rise in calcium levels in the tail causes increased activity in the flagellum, propelling the sperm more forcefully through the viscous environment of the female uterus.

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Once the sperm meets the egg, fertilization can occur.

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Sperm cells were first observed by a student of Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1677.

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The Reynolds number associated with spermatozoa is in the order of 1E-2.

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Problems with sperm production, motility, or count may lead to infertility.

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Essentially, sperm smell their way from the vagina to the to the location of the egg in the distal parts of the female's Fallopian tubes (Flam 2006).

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A sperm fertilizes an ovum, which serves as the female haploid gamete.

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The largest spermatozoa belongs to the fruit fly.

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The sperm begins to swim more rapidly and forcefully.

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Sperm production does diminish with age, but never completely ceases.

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The process through which a sperm cell breaks through the barriers of the egg is called the acrosomal process.

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A third pathology, impairment of sperm transport, may lead to infertility as well.

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Some of these spermatogonia continually duplicate themselves through the process of mitosis.

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Changes in the egg cell follow and help to prevent polyspermy, or the fertilization of the egg by more than one sperm.

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The tail flagellates and propels the human sperm cell at about 1 to 3 mm per minute by rotating like a propeller.

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The final maturation process takes place once the sperm cells have moved into the epididymis, where they mature over the 12 days or so.

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Non-obstructive azoospermia can be caused by cystic fibrosis, obstruction of various sperm pathways, chemotherapy, and Klinefelter syndrome.

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Once a sperm nears an ovum, capacitation and hyperactivity occur.

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A recent discovery links hyperactivity to a sudden influx of calcium ions into the tail of the sperm.

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The main function of sperm is to fertilize an egg to form a zygote.

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Once sperm has entered the female's vagina or cloaca, the sperm begins its task of locating the egg.

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A small number indicates viscous forces are dominant and therefore laminar flow is present, meaning sperm cells exhibit smooth and constant fluid motion.

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Finally Achilles found his prey; Achilles chased Hector around the wall of Troy three times before Athena, in the form of Hector's favorite and dearest brother, Deiphobus, persuaded Hector to fight face to face.

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Other spermatogonia undergo meiosis and eventually develop into sperm.

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The entire process, from spermatogonium to mobile and functional sperm, takes approximately 76 days.

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Sperm hyperactivity is necessary for breaking through the physical barriers that protect the egg from fertilization.

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Once the process of spermatogenesis is complete for one primary spermatocyte, the end result is the creation of four sperm cells.

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