Morphological Characterization of Abnormal Human Spermatozoa Using Transmission Electron Microscopy

B. Bartoov; F. Eltes; R. Weissenberg; B. Lunenfeld

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Morphological Characterization of Abnormal Human Spermatozoa Using Transmission Electron Microscopy

B. Bartoov, F. Eltes, R. Weissenberg, B. Lunenfeld

The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences

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Abstract

A morphological analysis of ejaculated human abnormal spermatozoa is presented. Eighteen different malformations are characterized, based on (a) the cell's organelle where they appeared, (b) the possible developmental stage when they occurred, and (c) the possible mechanism responsible for a specific appearance. The forces that govern the shaping of the spermatozoan head are described in detail. The possible mechanism responsible for chromatin subcondensation, acrosome malformation, kinked tail forms, and mitochondrial malformations are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-322
Number of pages	18
Journal	Archives of Andrology
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/01485018008987000
State	Published - Jan 1980

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Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Dr. J. Kedem, of Bar-Ilan University, for his cooperation and helpful discussions. We gratefully acknowledge the excellent technical assistance of J. Muravich and B. Lederhendler. This work is part of the M.Sc. degree requirements of F. Ekes and was supported by the Research Committee of Bar-Ilan University, Research Grant No. 01-453.

Keywords

Human spermatozoa
Spermatozoa ultrastructure
TEM

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