A flat capillary tube system for assessment of sperm movement in cervical mucus.
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Mills, RN; Katz, DF
Published in: Fertility and sterility
January 1978
A new flat capillary tube system has been developed for studies of sperm movement in cervical mucus. The system is easy to use, employs readily obtainable components, and is amenable to small sample sizes characteristic of human cervical mucus. The system possesses good optical resolution and is suitable for visual assessment of sperm migration as well as more detailed studies of the movement characteristics of individual spermatozoa. The system subjects the mucus to a well-defined and controllable rate of shear deformation. Preliminary experiments have suggested that the swimmming speed of human sperm does not differ in flat capillary tubes of 200-micrometer and 400-micrometer depth.
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Fertility and sterility
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1556-5653
ISSN
0015-0282
Publication Date
January 1978
Volume
29
Issue
1
Start / End Page
43 / 47
Related Subject Headings
- Sperm Motility
- Specimen Handling
- Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
- Male
- Humans
- Gynecology
- Cervix Mucus
- 3215 Reproductive medicine
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
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Mills, R. N., & Katz, D. F. (1978). A flat capillary tube system for assessment of sperm movement in cervical mucus. Fertility and Sterility, 29(1), 43–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43035-9
Mills, R. N., and D. F. Katz. “A flat capillary tube system for assessment of sperm movement in cervical mucus.” Fertility and Sterility 29, no. 1 (January 1978): 43–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43035-9.
Mills RN, Katz DF. A flat capillary tube system for assessment of sperm movement in cervical mucus. Fertility and sterility. 1978 Jan;29(1):43–7.
Mills, R. N., and D. F. Katz. “A flat capillary tube system for assessment of sperm movement in cervical mucus.” Fertility and Sterility, vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 1978, pp. 43–47. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43035-9.
Mills RN, Katz DF. A flat capillary tube system for assessment of sperm movement in cervical mucus. Fertility and sterility. 1978 Jan;29(1):43–47.
Published In
Fertility and sterility
DOI
EISSN
1556-5653
ISSN
0015-0282
Publication Date
January 1978
Volume
29
Issue
1
Start / End Page
43 / 47
Related Subject Headings
- Sperm Motility
- Specimen Handling
- Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
- Male
- Humans
- Gynecology
- Cervix Mucus
- 3215 Reproductive medicine
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine