Male Reproductive System page 11

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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

15. Male Reproductive System

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15.11 Sertoli cell

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Human seminiferous epithelium containing a Sertoli cell (S) surrounded by germinal cells.

The drawing on the left produced by M. Oeltzschner is based on the image on the right.

The Sertoli cells are closely attached to the basement membrane (M) of the tubule, but their lateral cytoplasmic limits are not visible with the light microscope.

The germinal cells are labelled as follows:

Spermatogonia (Sg)
Spermatocytes (Sc)
Early round spermatids (St-a)
Late elongated spermatids (St-b)

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

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