Sertoli cell

Sertoli cell
Ser·to·li cell 'sert-ə-lē-, ser-'tō-lē- also Ser·to·li's cell -lēz- n any of the elongated striated cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testis to which the spermatids become attached and from which they apparently derive nourishment
Ser·to·li ser-'tō-lē Enrico (1842-1910)
Italian physiologist. In 1865 Sertoli identified and described the branched cells in the seminiferous tubules of the human testicle; the cells are now known as Sertoli cells. He went on to study the anatomy of the testicle and spermatogenesis.

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Ser·to·li cell (ser-toґle) [Enrico Sertoli, Italian histologist, 1842–1910] see under cell.

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