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Descriptor English: Seminiferous Epithelium
Descriptor Spanish: Epitelio Seminífero
Descriptor epitelio seminífero
Scope note: Epitelio que tapiza los túbulos seminíferos, constituido principalmente por células germinales masculinas primarias (ESPERMATOGONIAS) y CÉLULAS DE SERTOLI que actúan como soporte. A medida que avanza la ESPERMATOGÉNESIS, las células germinales en desarrollo van migrando hacia la luz del túbulo. El compartimento adluminal, dos tercios internos de los túbulos, contiene ESPERMATOCITOS y las células germinales más maduras.
Descriptor Portuguese: Epitélio Seminífero
Descriptor French: Épithélium séminifère
Entry term(s): Epithelium, Seminiferous
Epitheliums, Seminiferous
Seminiferous Epitheliums
Tree number(s): A05.360.444.849.700.700
A10.272.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012670
Scope note: The epithelium lining the seminiferous tubules composed of primary male germ cells (SPERMATOGONIA) and supporting SERTOLI CELLS. As SPERMATOGENESIS proceeds, the developing germ cells migrate toward the lumen. The adluminal compartment, the inner two thirds of the tubules, contains SPERMATOCYTES and the more advanced germ cells.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under TESTIS 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under TESTIS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 13053
Unique ID: D012670
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Seminiferous Epithelium - Preferred
Concept UI M0019640
Scope note The epithelium lining the seminiferous tubules composed of primary male germ cells (SPERMATOGONIA) and supporting SERTOLI CELLS. As SPERMATOGENESIS proceeds, the developing germ cells migrate toward the lumen. The adluminal compartment, the inner two thirds of the tubules, contains SPERMATOCYTES and the more advanced germ cells.
Preferred term Seminiferous Epithelium
Entry term(s) Epithelium, Seminiferous
Epitheliums, Seminiferous
Seminiferous Epitheliums



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