Quiz 5 lecture Material Flashcards
Barriers to the sperm in the Female reproductive tract
Filtration selection due to cervical mucus
Endometrial glands
Uterotubal junction
Reservoirs of sperm in the Female reproductive tract
Cervical crypts
Isthmus
What is the site of fertilization
Ampullary-Isthmus Junction
Where is the sperm placed in the female tract in bovine
in the vagina
Describe the path of sperm through the female reproductive tract
Immediate transport-into the vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Oviduct
Fertilization at ampullary-isthmus junction
Where does the sperm become capacitated
starts in the uterus
complete in oviduct
Why do we place semen in the uterus when AIing a cow
volume is less in AI
better pregnancy rate if it is passed through the cervix
Describe the path of the egg toward fertilization
released from a ruptured follicle
infundibulum catches the egg
Ampulla has cillia and muscle to move the egg
Isthmus is narrow to keep the egg in place and ready for fertilization
Sperm can live for how long in a female tract
2 days on average
Eggs live how long in the female tract after being ovulated
8-12 hours
Important events in fertilization
capacitation of sperm
sperm penetration between cumulus cells
sperm attachment to zona pellucida
sperm penetration to Zona pellucida
fusion of sperm and oocyte membranes
explain the process of capacitation
Sperm are made with surface molecules
when joined with seminal plasma-glycoprotein coating that protects the sperm as it goes through the tract
coating and surface molecules are removed in the tract, exposing portions of the molecules that can bind to the Zona pellucida of the oocyte
oviduct binding occurs where
Isthmus
What is oviduct binding
sperm that is not capacitated gets stuck in the isthmus due to binding to the epithelium
sperm must first do what to then penetrate the zona pellucida
attach to it
What is the Zona pellucida protein that binds to a receptor on the sperm plasma membrane and induces the acrosome reaction
ZP-3
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Explain the acrosome reaction
the sperm binds to the zona pellucida which activates the acrosome reaction
plasma membrane and outer acrosomal membrane fuse
Form vesicles from which enzymes are released
At the end
- plasma membrane is gone
- equatorial segment remains
What is left on the sperm after the acrosomal reaction
equatorial segment