Sperm production site. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a sectioned seminiferous tubule, the site of sperm production in the human teste

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Sperm production site. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a sectioned seminiferous tubule, the site of sperm production in the human testes. This tubule contains a swirl of the tails of forming sperm cells (blue/pink) at its centre. The tubule is lined with a stratified epithelium containing two types of cell: Sertoli cells, which nourish developing sperm, and spermatogenic cells, from which the sperm cells form in a process known as spermatogenesis. After this, the sperm cells mature into their mobile form in a process known as spermiogenesis. Magnification: x360 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: anatomy, biology, body, coloured, human, image, images, magnified, male, microscopic, photos, production, reproduction, reproductive, section, seminiferous, site, spermatogenesis, spermiogenesis, subjects, system, testis, tubule, tubules