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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 Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Sperm Motility MeSH Descriptor Data 2025