Cooper T G, Orgebin-Crist M C
Andrologia. 1975;7(2):85-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1975.tb01233.x.
It is possible that the fertilising capacity of spermatozoa in the epididymis is influenced by the epididymal secretion. We have studied this problem by obtaining spermatozoa before entry into the epididymis and after passage through it, incubating both types of spermatozoa in fluids from the rete testis and cauda epididymidis and then checking their fertilising capacity. While spermatozoa from the rete testis were infertile, rete testis fluid did not decrease the fertilising capacity of epididymal sperm from the cauda epididymidis. Fluid from the cauda epididymidis did not promote the fertilising capacity of testicular spermatozoa. These results are discussed in the light of the current understanding of epididymal physiology.
附睾中精子的受精能力有可能受到附睾分泌物的影响。我们通过获取进入附睾之前和通过附睾之后的精子，将这两种类型的精子分别在睾丸网液和附睾尾液中孵育，然后检查它们的受精能力，来研究这个问题。虽然来自睾丸网的精子没有受精能力，但睾丸网液并没有降低来自附睾尾的附睾精子的受精能力。附睾尾液也没有提高睾丸精子的受精能力。根据目前对附睾生理学的理解对这些结果进行了讨论。
