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Definition of Seminiferous tubule

1. Noun. Any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature.

Definition of Seminiferous tubule

1. Noun. (context: anatomy) Any of many threadlike structures, located in the testes, that are the specialized areas of sperm production. ¹

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Medical Definition of Seminiferous tubule

1. In the testicles, the network of tubes where sperm cells are formed. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seminiferous Tubule

Literary usage of Seminiferous tubule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"Next the basemen t- membrane of the seminiferous tubule lies a layer of low cuboidal nucleated parietal cells ; this peripheral zone contains cells of two ..."

2. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"When found in the proximity of a seminiferous tubule, they are generally situated between a capillary and the basement-membrane. ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"When found in the proximity of a seminiferous tubule, they are generally situated ... This plexus, thus lining the inner surface of a seminiferous tubule, ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1882)
"When found in the proximity of a seminiferous tubule, they are generally- situated between a capillary and the basement membrane. ..."

5. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1883)
"When found in the proximity of a seminiferous tubule, they are generally ... This plexus thus lining the inner surface of a seminiferous tubule is best ..."

6. The Embryonic Development of the Ovary and Testis of the Mammals by Bennet Mills Allen (1903)
"seminiferous tubule and stroma of testis (transverse section). ... Tubulus rectus and seminiferous tubule. Pig embryo, length 13 cm. X 893. PLATE VI. FIG. ..."

7. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Intratubular seminoma of seminiferous tubule. Sertoli cells are crowded into the upper and lower left of ... Intratubular seminoma in a seminiferous tubule. ..."

8. Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson (1904)
"The tortuous portion of the seminiferous tubule is relatively long, its straight portion very short. It is the former which is of the greater physiological ..."

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