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