Semen Analysis Practical Lab, Sperm Morphology

Check out the whole series of Semen analysis videos. Click on the below links: (Will be available shortly) Semen Analysis Complete Video: Sperm Motility test: Sperm Viability test: Sperm Morphology: Sperm Count: Semen Fructose test: Sperm morphology assessment looks at the proportion of sperm cells with abnormal shape or morphology against normal cells. Defects in the morphology of a sperm cell also known as Teratospermia can be classified as: Head defects: Small Acrosomal Area (less than 40 of head area), No Acrosome, Irregular, Amorphous, Elongated, Round, Pyriform, Vacuolated (greater than 20 of the head area occupied by unstained vacuolar areas), Large, Small, Pinhead, Tapered, Double Heads, Or Any multiple combinations of these and other part defects. Neck, Midpiece defects: Thin, Thick, Irregular, Bent, Kinked, Asymmetric insertion of midpiece