Cell Function
sperm motility
Subclass of:
Semen analysis procedure; Cell Movement
Definitions related to sperm motility:
  • Ability of the sperm to move by flagellate swimming.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Any process involved in the controlled movement of a sperm cell.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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