Which of the following is the most appropriate statement defining infertility?
Couple is unable to produce children inspite of unprotected sexual co-habitation even after two years
It is the inability to produce a viable offspring and is always due to defects abnormalities in the female partner
Infertility is due to immature sex organs
Infertility cannot be helped by $ART$
What are the Assisted Reproductive Techniques practised to help infertile couples ? Describe any three techniques.
Infertility cases either due to inability of the male partner to inseminate the female or due to very low sperm counts in the ejaculates, could be corrected by .......... technique.
Test tube babies are produced by
Select the correct match of the techniques given in column $I$ with its feature given in column $II$.
column $I$ | column $II$ |
$A.$ $ICSI$ | $I$ Artificially introduction of semen into the vagina or uterus. |
$B.$ $IUI$ | $II$ Transfer of ovum collected from a donor into the fallopian tube where fertilization occur |
$C.$ $IUT$ | $III$ Formation of embryo by directly injecting sperm into the |
$D.$ $GIFT$ | $IV$ Transfer of the zygote or early embryo (with upto $8$ blastomeres) into a fallopian tube. |
$E.$ $ZIFT$ | $V$ Transfer of embryo with more than $8$ blastomeres into the uterus |
$A$ : In test-tube baby programme, ova from wife/donor (female) and sperms from the husband/donor (male) are collected and induced to form zygote under simulated conditions in laboratory.
$R$ : Embryos with more than 8 blastomeres are then transferred to fallopian tube $(ZIFT)$ to complete its further development.