CHAPTER 2 Standard procedures
Morphology assessment of spermatozoa in Plate 11
Sperm
Head shape
1 2 3 4
abnormal abnormal normal normal
5
abnormal
6 7 8
normal abnormal normal
9
abnormal
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
abnormal normal abnormal normal abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal normal normal abnormal abnormal normal normal normal
Other head comments
Midpiece comments insert insert thick
>2 vac, <40% acr
Principal piece comments
looped
thick looped looped
>70% acr, tapered tapered
abnormal abnormal abnormal normal
abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal
thick
>70% acr
Comments
abnormal
insert
tapered <40% acr tapered tapered tapered amorphous
Overall sperm classiďŹ cation
thick thick, ERC thick thick
looped
abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal normal abnormal abnormal abnormal abnormal normal normal
>one third
polymorph normal normal normal
>70% acr
normal normal abnormal monocyte polymorph monocyte polymorph monocyte
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