The relationship between sperm velocity and pressures applied to the zona pellucida during early sperm-oocyte penetration

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomechanical cell model; Cellular biomechanics; Fertilization; Motility; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

CELL MODEL; CELLULAR BIOMECHANICS; FERTILIZATION; MOTILITY; SPERM QUALITY;

BIOPHYSICS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; VELOCITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPERMATOZOON;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 78349231257     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002857     Document Type: Article

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