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Sperm Motility MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Sperm Motility
Tree Number(s)
E01.370.225.992.812
E05.200.992.812
G04.198.750
Unique ID
D013081
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013081
Scope Note
Movement characteristics of SPERMATOZOA in a fresh specimen. It is measured as the percentage of sperms that are moving, and as the percentage of sperms with productive flagellar motion such as rapid, linear, and forward progression.
Previous Indexing
Spermatozoa (1966-1974)
See Also
Sperm Immobilizing Agents
Sperm Transport
Public MeSH Note
1976; see SPERMATOZOA 1975
History Note
1976(1975); use SPERMATOZOA 1975
Date Introduced
1976/01/01
Last Updated
2016/06/17
Sperm Motility Preferred
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