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Tissues > Epithelium > Seminiferous Epithelium
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Genitalia, Male > Testis > Seminiferous Tubules > Seminiferous Epithelium
... > Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Gonads > Testis > Seminiferous Tubules > Seminiferous Epithelium
... > Urogenital System > Genitalia > Gonads > Testis > Seminiferous Tubules > Seminiferous Epithelium

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Seminiferous Epithelium  

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Scope note

  • The epithelium lining the seminiferous tubules composed of primary male germ cells (SPERMATOGONIA) and supporting SERTOLI CELLS. As SPERMATOGENESIS proceeds, the developing germ cells migrate toward the lumen. The adluminal compartment, the inner two thirds of the tubules, contains SPERMATOCYTES and the more advanced germ cells.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under TESTIS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012670

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