Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Capacitation of sperm in mammals involves

    A)  sperm size change

    B)  acrosome reaction

    C)  nuclear chromatin change

    D)  mitochondrial alignment

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Sperm capacitation is the acquisition of the capacity to penetrate an ovum, not present at the time of delivery of the spermatozoon and which requires a period of incubation in the female tract. It involves increased metabolic activity and motility and the removal of a chemical decapacitation factor from the spermatozoon. Capacitation must take place for the acrosome reaction to occur.


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