Sertoli cell
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A Sertoli cell is a cell found in the testes. Its main function is to help the developing sperm cells through the stages of spermatogenesis - the process of turning stem cells into sperm. It was also called the "mother cell." The cell also helps in the creation of stem cells.
[edit] Name
Sertoli cells get their name from Enrico Sertoli, an Italian physiologist. He discovered them while studying medicine in the University of Pavia, Italy. He published a description of this cell in 1865. As of 2006, two textbooks have been published that are almost entirely about the Sertoli cell .
| Reproductive system |
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| Female |
| Cervix | Clitoris | Clitoral hood | Fallopian tubes | Bartholin's glands | G-spot | Hymen | Labium | Mammary glands | Ovaries | Skene's glands | Urethra | Uterus | Vagina | Vulva |
| Male |
| Urethra | Testes | Scrotum | Penis | Spermatic cord | Epididymis | Seminiferous tubules | Sertoli cell | Rete testis | Vas deferens | Seminal vesicles | Ejaculatory duct | Corpus cavernosum | Glans penis | Foreskin | Frenulum | Prostate | Bulbourethral glands |
