13 Facts about Sperm

Perhaps many people who already know where it came from sperm and its function in the process of egg fertilization. However, sperm actually still have a lot of interesting secrets that have not been revealed. Dr. David Shin, head of the Center for Sexual Health & Fertility of Hackensack University Medical Center, United States, to share information about the 13 facts about sperm, which are as follows:

# Sperm is produced in the testes and it took 10 weeks to mature.
# Mature sperm can wait up to 2 weeks in the 'waiting room' which is called the epididymis before they debuted. The epididymis is a circular channel located at the very top and back of the testis. Its function is to channel sperm.
# Sperm only contributes 5 percent of the total volume of seminal fluid. The rest consists of a liquid medium which provides nutrients and protection of sperm so he could travel to the female reproductive tract.
# Male healthy produce 70-150 million sperm every day.
# Sperm can live up to 5 days in the womb. This explains why someone can get pregnant a few days after ovulation (release of egg cells).
# Sperm Y, which will produce a baby boy, swim faster than X sperm, which would produce a baby girl. Y chromosome is smaller and has less genetic material than X chromosome # Human Sperm size of 55 microns. In comparison, approximately the size of a human hair is 100 microns.
# Sperm comes from the Greek, meaning 'seed'.
# Sperm can only swim forward, not backward.
# Normal sperm has a head, bit the middle, and tail. Abnormal sperm could have two heads or two tails.
# In the United States, men in New York has a sperm count 50 percent more than men in Los Angeles.
# Linger in the sauna or hot bath can reduce sperm count.
# Lubricants, lotions, and saliva can cause reduced sperm movement.