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    Seminal Fluid

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    Nicole Edelweiss Liza
    The testes contain seminiferous tubules where germ cells undergo mitosis or meiosis to produce sperm. Specialized Sertoli cells provide nutrients and support. Mature sperm are stored in the epididymis until ejaculation. During ejaculation, sperm are propelled through the vas deferens, seminal vesicles which produce fluid, and prostate gland which secretes enzymes, into the urethra. A semen analysis evaluates parameters like volume, viscosity, pH, sperm count, motility and morphology to assess fertility.

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    Seminal Fluid

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    The testes contain seminiferous tubules where germ cells undergo mitosis or meiosis to produce sperm. Specialized Sertoli cells provide nutrients and support. Mature sperm are stored in the epididymis until ejaculation. During ejaculation, sperm are propelled through the vas deferens, seminal vesicles which produce fluid, and prostate gland which secretes enzymes, into the urethra. A semen analysis evaluates parameters like volume, viscosity, pH, sperm count, motility and morphology to assess fertility.

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    MEDTECH notes on seminal fluid

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    The testes contain seminiferous tubules where germ cells undergo mitosis or meiosis to produce sperm. Specialized Sertoli cells provide nutrients and support. Mature sperm are stored in the epididymis until ejaculation. During ejaculation, sperm are propelled through the vas deferens, seminal vesicles which produce fluid, and prostate gland which secretes enzymes, into the urethra. A semen analysis evaluates parameters like volume, viscosity, pH, sperm count, motility and morphology to assess fertility.

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    Seminal Fluid

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    Nicole Edelweiss Liza
    The testes contain seminiferous tubules where germ cells undergo mitosis or meiosis to produce sperm. Specialized Sertoli cells provide nutrients and support. Mature sperm are stored in the epididymis until ejaculation. During ejaculation, sperm are propelled through the vas deferens, seminal vesicles which produce fluid, and prostate gland which secretes enzymes, into the urethra. A semen analysis evaluates parameters like volume, viscosity, pH, sperm count, motility and morphology to assess fertility.

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    PHYSIOLOGY

    TESTES
    TESTES
    CONTAINS
    SEMINEFEROUS
    TUBULES WHERE GERM
    CELLS ARE LOCATED.

    SPECIALIZED SERTOLI
    CELLS PROVIDE
    SUPPORT AND
    NUTRIENTS FOR THE
    GERM CELLS AS THEY
    GO MITOSIS OR MEIOSIS
    (SPERMATOGENESIS)
    EPIDIDYMIS
    TESTIS
    EPIDIDYMIS
    WHERE SPERM
    MATURES AND
    DEVELOPS FLAGELLA.
    THEY REMAIN
    STORED IN HERE
    UNTIL EJACULATION.
    AT THAT TIME THEY
    ARE PROPELED
    THROUGH THE VAS
    DEFERENS TO THE
    EJACULATORY DUCT
    EJACULATORY DUCTS
    RECIEVE BOTH
    SPERM FROM VAS
    DEFERENS AND
    FLUID FROM
    SEMINAL VESICLE
    Ejaculatory duct
    SEMINAL
    VESICLE
    SEMINAL VESICLE
    PRODUCES
    MAJORITY OF
    FLUID PRESENT
    IN SEMEN.
    PROSTATE GLAND
    SECRETES A
    MILKY FLUID
    CONTAINING
    ACID
    PHOSPHATAS
    E AND
    PROTEOLYTIC
    ENZYMES
    PROSTATE
    SPECIMEN COLLECTION
    COMPLETE COLLECTION OF SPERM IS
    ESSENTIAL FOR ACCURATE TESTING
    BOTH FERTILITY AND POST
    VASECTOMY.
    SPECIMEN IS COLLECTED
    FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF SEXUAL
    ABSTINENCE OF FROM 2 TO 3 DAYS
    TO NOT LONGER THAN 5 DAYS.
    IF THE SPECIMEN IS COLLECTED
    OUTSIDE THE LABORATORY IT
    SHOULD BE KEPT IN A ROOM
    TEMPERATURE AND SHOULD BE
    DELIVERED INTO THE LABORATORY
    WITHIN AN HOUR


    SEMEN ANALYSIS
    PARAMETERS:
    APPEARANCE
    VOLUME
    VISCOSITY
    pH
    SPERM COUNT
    MOTILITY
    MORPHOLOGY
    APPEARANCE
    NORMAL SEMEN HAS
    GREY WHITE COLOR
    APPEARS TRANSLUCENT
    CHARACTERISTIC MUSTY ODOR
    LIQUEFACTION
    A FRESH SEMEN SPECIMEN IS
    CLOTTED AND SHOULD LIQUEFY
    WITHIN 30-60MINS.

    SEMEN ANALYSIS
    PARAMETERS NORMAL VALUES
    VOLUME 2-5mL
    VISCOSITY POURS IN DROPLETS
    Ph 7.3-8.3
    Sperm count >40 million/mL
    Motility >50% within 1 hr
    Morphology <30% abnormal
    SPERM COUNT
    - Dilute the specimen 1: 20
    - 2 frequently used methods:
    1. counting the sperm in the 5 RBC squares
    2. counting the sperm in 2 large WBC squares

    When 5 RBC squares are used:
    # of sperms counted X 1 million = sperm per mL

    When 2 large WBC squares are used:
    # of sperms counted 100, 000 = sperm per mL




    MOTILITY
    NORMAL MORPHOLOGY
    MORPHOLOGY
    ADDITIONAL TESTING
    SPERM VIABILITY- DECREASED
    SPERM VIABILITY MAY BE
    SUSPECTED WHEN A SPECIMEN HAS
    A NORMAL SPERM CONCENTRATION
    WITH MARKEDLY DECREASED
    MOTILITY.
    SEMIAL FLUID FRUCTOSE- LOW
    CONCENTRATION MAY BE CAUSED BY
    LACK OF SUPPORT MEDIUM
    PRODUCED IN THE SEMINAL
    VESICLES.
    ADDITIONAL TESTING
    ANTISPERM ANTIBODIES
    POSTVASECTOMY SEMEN ANALYSIS


    Aspermia - The complete absence of
    semen.
    Asthenospermia - Low count of moving
    (motile) sperm.
    Azoospermia - The complete absence of
    sperm in the ejaculate.
    Necrospermia- a condition in which the
    spermatozoa of the semen are either
    motionless or dead.


    DID YOU KNOW?
    One tablespoon of semen has approximately 20
    calories. Semen also contains zinc and calcium
    which helps prevent tooth decay.
    One typical ejaculation contains 150 mg of protein, 11
    mg of carbohydrates, 6 mg fat, 3 mg cholesterol, 7%
    potassium and 3% copper and zinc. The protein content
    is roughly equivalent to that found in one egg white.
    Also, women physically exposed to semen are less likely
    to suffer from depression. The ingesting of it is called
    'spermophagia'. Studies suggest that seminal plasma
    both prevents and fights cancer, particularly breast
    cancer.


    References:
    http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/path
    phys/reprod/semeneval/motility.html
    http://www.malefertility.md/glossary.html
    http://www.omg-
    facts.com/view/Facts/1932#vf3A5KjJVGX
    QvTdw.99
    Strasinger, S.K., Di Lorenzo, M.S. (2008). Urinalysis
    and Body Fluids edition 5
    th
    .F.A. Davis Company
    Philadelpia, Pennsylvania
    THE END

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