Fertilisation and luteal phase Flashcards
1
Q
What is the most prominent change seen in sperm after capacitation?
A
Whiplashing of sperm tail due to hyperactivity
2
Q
What is a cervical crypt?
A
spaces in the cervix where sperm reservoirs can be stored
3
Q
Why is the acrosome reaction useful for sperm?
A
allows sperm to make slits in the zona pellucida
4
Q
What stimulates the release of progesterone of corpus luteum?
A
Low levels of LH and FSH
5
Q
What process takes the sperm head into the egg during fertilisation?
A
Phagocytosis
