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Agriculture · Q80

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 80

Q80

Nurse cells for sperm is called

A.
RBC
B.
Sertoli cells
Answer
C.
WBC
D.
All of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Nurse cells for sperm are called Sertoli cells.
Sertoli cells are a type of sustentacular "nurse" cell found in human testes that contribute to the process of spermatogenesis (the production of sperm) as a structural component of the seminiferous tubules.
Sertoli cells also act as phagocytes, consuming the residual cytoplasm during spermatogenesis.