Medical Hypotheses
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 146-150, January 2004

Hypothesis: epididymis inhibits sperm motility inside male reproductive tract

Physiology, Sri MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar 361 008, India

Received 26 March 2002; accepted 30 August 2002.

Abstract 

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.

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PII: S0306-9877(03)00238-X

doi:10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00238-X

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 146-150, January 2004

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