acrosome

acrosome
acrosomal, adj.
/ak"reuh sohm'/, n. Cell Biol.
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
[1895-1900; < G Akrosoma; see ACRO-, -SOME3]

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  • acrosome — acrosome. См. идиосома. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • Acrosome reaction — During fertilization, the acrosome reaction is the reaction which occurs in the acrosome of the sperm as it approaches the egg. The acrosome is a cap like structure over the anterior half of the sperm s head.As the sperm approaches the zona… …   Wikipedia

  • acrosome reaction — a sequence of structural changes seen in spermatozoa in the vicinity of an oocyte in the uterine tube, believed to facilitate their entry into the oocyte: the outer membrane of the acrosome fuses at multiple points with the overlying plasma… …   Medical dictionary

  • acrosome — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1899 an anterior prolongation of a spermatozoon that releases egg penetrating enzymes • acrosomal adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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