Seminiferous tubules

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Transverse section through the left side of the scrotum and the left testis. (Semeniferous tubules visible in center, but not labeled.) |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |
|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" | |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"|tubuli seminiferi |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #258 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |System |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Precursor |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[A05.360.444.849.700] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} Seminiferous tubules are located in the testicles, and are the specific location of meiosis, and the subsequent creation of gametes, and sperm.
The epithelium of the tubule consists of sustentacular or Sertoli cells, which are tall, columnar type cells that line the tubule.
In between the Sertoli cells are spermatogenic cells, which differentiate through meiosis to sperm cells.

See also
Leydig cells
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Seminiferous tubules

Reproductive system
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 | Spermatic cord | Epididymis | Seminiferous tubules | Sertoli cell | Rete testis | Efferent ducts | Vas deferens | Seminal vesicles | Ejaculatory duct | Penis | Corpus cavernosum | Glans penis | Fundiform ligament | Foreskin | Frenulum | Prostate | Bulbourethral glands

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