Swimming of spermatozoa in a linear viscoelastic fluid

Biorheology

Volumn 35, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 295-309

  Fulford, Glenn R ^a   Katz, David F ^b   Powell, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagellar; Sperm motility; Spermatazoa; Viscoelastic fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FLAGELLUM; FLOW KINETICS; MODEL; OSCILLATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032437846     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-355X(99)80012-2     Document Type: Article

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