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More About Sperm!


Mon, 07/26/2010 - 07:46 — Elizabeth

Sperm Info

If you find yourself playing a trivia game with a group of friends this weekend and the topic of “sperm” comes up, you will be in great shape if you have these fun facts lying nearby!!

Did you know???

  1. Sperm is released in groups of 40-200 million.
  2. At puberty, sperm begin to develop at the rate of a million a day, or 5000 every minute.
  3. It only takes sperm 48 hours to form and then another 2 weeks to mature.
  4. Sperm learn to swim during the maturation process.
  5. The last part of sperm development takes place once they are inside the woman. This is when their protective membrane changes so that they are able to penetrate the egg.
  6. When sperm is initially released, it coagulates only to return to a liquid state just in time to make it through the cervix. This process takes about 10 minutes.
  7. To get through the cervix, sperm travels along tracks made from cervical mucus.
  8. At the end of the journey, only the fastest sperm will have the opportunity to romance the egg!
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