Supporting elongated cells of the seminiferous tubules that nourish spermatids.
Cells which support the seminiferous tubules in the testis [Described 1865. After Enrico Sertoli (1842-1910), Italian histologist, Professor of Experimental Physiology at Milan, Italy.]
Cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis, where they nourish developing spermatozoa.
Cells found in the walls of the seminiferous tubules of the testis. Compared with the germ cells they appear large and pale. They anchor and probably nourish the developing germ cells, especially the spermatids, which become partly embedded within them.
One of the supporting elongated cells of the seminiferous tubules of the testes to which spermatids attach to be nourished until they become mature spermatozoa. Sertoli cells produce the hormone inhibin.