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Glossary of animal reproduction
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- Easily identified in the secondary, tertiary, and graafian follicles, name the membrane which encapsulates the outer edge of the follicule cells at the secondary stage of development.
- Basement membrane or Basal lamina
- Follicles that have reached this secondary stage of development are all multilaminar in appearance. What does multilaminar imply about the follicle?
- Multiple layers of granulosa cells.
- known as nurse cells, these columnar cells run the height of the seminiferous epithelium, are part of the blood testis barrier and possess prominent nucleoli. Name this cell.
- sertoli cells
- name the duct that connects the rete testes to the duct of the caput epididymis.
- efferent ducts.
- name the interstitial cells of the testis that are responsible for androgen synthesis.
- leydig cells.
- Name the tubules that are the site of spermatogenesis.
- Seminiferous tubules
- The epithelium of the vas deferens is unique in that it can resemble what shape?
- Iron cross.
- This highly convoluted duct is lined by a psuedostratified columnar epithelium that contains stereocilia and is easily distinguished from the efferent ducts by the presence of a smooth lumen that lacks mucosal evaginations. Separated into three sections
- Epididymis.
