sertoli cell

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Definition of sertoli cell in English English dictionary

A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule

elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish the spermatids

Related Terms

Sertoli cells

plural form of Sertoli cell

Etymology

() Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865.