title: A comparison of the penetration of human sperm into bovine and artificial cervical mucus.
abstract: Our studies demonstrate that ACM can replace BCM in assessing the ability of spermatozoa to interact with viscous fluids. The use of ACM should provide a more standard batch of "mucus" for testing purposes in laboratories that use these techniques.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002582:Cervix Mucus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors