The Nurse Is Teaching a Group of Adolescents That Sperm

question 14

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a group of adolescents that sperm must undergo the process of capacitation in order to fertilize the ova. The characteristics of sperm that have undergone capacitation include the:

• A) Ability to undergo an acrosomal reaction.
• B) Ability to block polyspermy.
• C) Ability to bind to the zona pellucida.
• D) Ability to release the protease acrosin.
• E) Acquisition of hypermotility.

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