Definition of Spermatozoa. Meaning of Spermatozoa. Synonyms of Spermatozoa

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Definition of Spermatozoa

Spermatozoa
Spermatozoon Sper`ma*to*zo"["o]n, n.; pl. Spermatozoa. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, sperm + ??? an animal.] (Biol.) Same as Spermatozoid.

Meaning of Spermatozoa from wikipedia

- ****tozoon (/spərˌmætəˈzoʊ.ən, ˌspɜːrmətə-/; also spelled ****tozoön; pl.: ****tozoa; from Ancient Gr**** σπέρμα (spérma) 'seed' and ζῷον (zôion) 'animal')...
- also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains ****tozoa. ****tozoa are secreted by the male gonads (****ual glands) and other ****ual...
- ****togenesis is the process by which haploid ****tozoa develop from germ cells in the seminiferous tubules of the ****. This process starts with...
- fertile man is very difficult to find normal ****tozoa. For the average fertile man, only 4% of their ****tozoa are normal in every parameter, while 96%...
- Sperm competition is the competitive process between ****tozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg during ****ual reproduction....
- Capacitation is the penultimate step in the maturation of mammalian ****tozoa and is required to render them competent to fertilize an oocyte. This...
- regions: The head (Latin: caput). The head of the epididymis receives ****tozoa via the efferent ducts of the mediastinium of the testis at the superior...
- surface-****ociated proteins which modulate the fertilizing ability of ****tozoa. Decapacitation is a reversible process that converts fertile, capacitated...
- Posthumous sperm retrieval (PSR) is a procedure in which ****tozoa are collected from the testes of a human corpse after brain death. There has been...
- 25 cm3; the average is 18 cm3 per testis (range 12–30 cm3). The number of ****tozoa an adult human male produces is directly proportional to testicular volume...