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The nurse is teaching a group of adolescents that sperm must undergo the process of capacitation in order to fertilize the ova.
 
  The characteristics of sperm that have undergone capacitation include the: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Ability to undergo an acrosomal reaction.
  2. Ability to block polyspermy.
  3. Ability to bind to the zona pellucida.
  4. Ability to release the protease acrosin.
  5. Acquisition of hypermotility.
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1,3,5
Rationale 1: Sperm that undergo capacitation take on the ability to undergo the acrosomal reaction.
Rationale 2: At the moment of penetration by a fertilizing sperm, the zona pellucida undergoes a reaction that prevents additional sperm from entering a single ovum. This is known as the block to polyspermy.
Rationale 3: Sperm that undergo capacitation take on the ability to bind to the zona pellucida.
Rationale 4: null
Rationale 5: Sperm that undergo capcitation have the acquisition of hypermotility.
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