Hypothesis: epididymis inhibits sperm motility inside male reproductive tract.
Epididymis (ES) inhibits the total activities of spermatozoa (SA) in male reproductive tract. It keeps SA motionless throughout the length of system by its inhibitory factors (IFs), which are nullified by the secretary products of other glands after formation of semen externally.
Skandhan
K P
KP
Physiology, Sri MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar 361 008, India.
D000818:Animals; D004822:Epididymis / Q000502:physiology*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D012661:Semen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013079:Sperm Maturation / Q000502:physiology*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*