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Biology Question on The Male Reproductive System

The nutritive cells found in seminiferous tubules are

A

Leydig's cells

B

atretic follicular cells

C

Sertoli cells

D

chromaffin cells

Answer

Sertoli cells

Explanation

Solution

Wall of each seminiferous tubule is formed of a single layered germinal epithelium. Majority of cells in this epithelium are male germ cells and at certain places, there are present tall Sertoli cells. These cells act as nurse cells providing nutrition to the developing sperms.