The Lab Crossword - June 2026
The Lab Crossword
A puzzle for embryologists, andrologists, lab directors...
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Reveal answer key
Across: 1 Pronuclei, 3 Morphology, 5 Acrosome, 6 Motility, 7 Thaw, 9 Blastocyst, 13 Dish, 14 Biopsy, 16 Embryo, 17 MESA, 18 Oocyte.
Down: 2 Capacitation, 4 IUI, 6 Meiosis, 8 Hatching, 10 Andrology, 11 Cleavage, 12 Sperm, 15 TESE.
Across
1. Classic normal fertilization sign, usually seen as two.
3. Assessment of sperm shape.
5. Cap-like sperm structure involved in zona penetration.
6. How well sperm move.
7. Older casual word often used instead of warming.
9. Day-5-ish embryo with an inner cell mass and trophectoderm.
13. Common culture vessel.
14. Sampling cells, often from the trophectoderm.
16. The developing organism after fertilization and early cleavage.
17. Epididymal sperm aspiration acronym.
18. The egg cell before or around fertilization.
Down
2. Functional maturation sperm undergo before fertilizing.
4. Intrauterine insemination acronym.
6. Cell division that halves chromosome number.
8. Emergence of the blastocyst from the zona.
10. Lab discipline focused on semen and sperm.
11. Early mitotic divisions of the embryo.
12. The motile male gamete.
15. Surgical sperm retrieval acronym.
