Zoology - Human Reproduction Question with Solution | TestHub
Each of the following statements concerning the seminiferous epithelium is correct except.
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It consists of a population of Sertoli cells and a spermatogenic cell line. Sertoli cells span the thickness of the seminiferous epithelium. Sertoli cell characteristics including the distribution of their intercellular junctions, divide the seminiferous epithelium into a basal compartment containing only spermatogonia and an adluminal compartment containing primary and secondary spermatocytes, spermatids, and spermatozoa. The differentiation of spermatogonia into spermatids does not begin until puberty. Thus, the seminiferous epithelium does not contain spermatids prior to puberty like all epithelial layers, the basal surface of the seminiferous epithelium is bounded by the basement membrane.
