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The dynamics of rapid sperm transport through the female genital tract, evidence from vaginal sonography of uterine peristalsis and hysterosalpingoscintigraphy
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Vaginal ultrasonography of uterine peristalsis during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle demonstrates an increasing frequency and intensity of subendometrial and myometrial peristaltic waves as the follicular phase progresses. During this time the numbers of contraction waves with a fundo-cervical direction decrease considerably in favour of waves of contraction with a cervico-fundal direction. There is evidence that rapid sperm transport through the female genital tract is passive and is provided by these uterine contractions. Using hysterosalpingoscintigraphy, rapid sperm transport was studied by placing technetium-labelled albumin macrospheres of sperm size at the external os of the uterine cervix and following their path through the female genital tract. Ascension of the macrospheres occurred immediately following deposition at the external os of the cervix. As early as 1 min thereafter, the macrospheres had reached the intramural and isthmical part of the tube. Quantitatively, the extent of ascension increased with progression of the follicular phase. While only a few macrospheres entered the uterine cavity and even fewer the tubes during the early follicular phase, the proportion of macrospheres that entered the uterine cavity increased dramatically during the mid-follicular phase despite continuing limited entry into the tube. During the late follicular phase there was considerable ascension of the macrospheres which was directed preferentially into the tube ipsilateral to the dominant follicle. These data indicate that rapid transport of the spermatozoa through the female genital tract is under the endocrine control of the dominant follicle, ensuring the preferential accumulation of spermatozoa at the site of fertilization.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kunz, G., Beil, D., Deininger, H., Wildt, L., & Leyendecker, G.
- Affiliations
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Leyendecker, G.
- Venue
- Human Reproduction
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1996-03-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 627-632
- ISSN
- 0268-1161 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2350
- OpenAlex
- W2171953969
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 11.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Reproduction (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Sperm and Testicular Function
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Keywords
- sperm transport, female reproductive tract, uterine peristalsis, follicular phase, follicle-stimulating hormone, dominant follicle, spermatozoa, vaginal ultrasonography
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Fallopian Tubes, Female, Follicular Phase, Humans, Male, Microspheres, Middle Aged, Radionuclide Imaging, Sperm Transport, Ultrasonography, Uterine Contraction, Uterus, Vagina
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
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