seminiferous tubule

seminiferous tubule
seminiferous tubule n any of the coiled threadlike tubules that make up the bulk of the testis and are lined with a layer of epithelial cells from which the spermatozoa are produced

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any of the long convoluted tubules that make up the bulk of the testis.

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