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Sertoli cell

Sertoli cell

any of the elongated cells lining the seminiferous tubules that protect and nourish developing sperm. As the sperm approach maturity, they become oriented in the seminiferous tubules so that they are partly embedded in the Sertoli cells. [Enrico Sertoli (1842–1910), Italian histologist]

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