Sertoli cells are found in which place & what is function of it ? - Vidyadip

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Sertoli cells are found in which place & what is function of it ?

A
ovaries and secrete progesterone
B
adrenal cortex and secrete adrenaline
✓
seminiferous tubules and provide nutrition to germ cells
D
pancreas and secrete cholecystokinin.

✓

Answer

Correct option: C.

seminiferous tubules and provide nutrition to germ cells

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(c) : Sertoli cells (named after Italian histologist Enrico Sertoli) are 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.

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