cellular
azoospermia
(
J:90393
)
• mature sperm undetectable in epididymis
• many highly vacuolated spermatids
|
endocrine/exocrine glands
• seminal vesicle reduced in weight about 20%
|
• normal tubules of stages I-VIII are missing
• elongated spermatids absent
|
• testis weight about 40% less than normal
|
• serum albumin is detected in adluminal compartment of seminiferous tubules; an indication of Sertoli cell tight junction barrier dysfunction
|
homeostasis/metabolism
• by 40X
|
• by 23X
|
reproductive system
azoospermia
(
J:90393
)
• mature sperm undetectable in epididymis
• many highly vacuolated spermatids
|
• seminal vesicle reduced in weight about 20%
|
• normal tubules of stages I-VIII are missing
• elongated spermatids absent
|
• testis weight about 40% less than normal
|
• serum albumin is detected in adluminal compartment of seminiferous tubules; an indication of Sertoli cell tight junction barrier dysfunction
|