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Cells > Germ Cells > Spermatozoa > Sperm Head > Acrosome
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Germ Cells > Spermatozoa > Sperm Head > Acrosome
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Lysosomes > Acrosome
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Lysosomes > Acrosome
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Lysosomes > Acrosome

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Acrosome  

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Scope note

  • The cap-like structure covering the anterior portion of SPERM HEAD. Acrosome, derived from LYSOSOMES, is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the required hydrolytic and proteolytic enzymes necessary for sperm penetration of the egg in FERTILIZATION.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under SPERMATOZOA 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000177

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