BIO 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 46: Seminiferous Tubule, Sertoli Cell, Leydig Cell

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Male reproduction: testes: produce sperm, scrotum: surrounds testes and maintains proper temperature for sperm (cooler temp promotes production of sperm, seminiferous tubules: insides the testes and contain spermatogonia cells (spermatogenesis), Sertoli cells (spermatogenesis) and interstitial cells that produce testosterone (male hormone: surrounding seminiferous tubules are leydig cells that produce testosterone. Gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh) from the hypothalamus stimulates release of lh (luteinizing hormone) and fsh (follicle stimulating hormone) to act on the testes and start the process of spermatogenesis. Inhibin: another hormone released by sertoli cells to act at the anterior pituitary gland to stop the action of fsh: together these 3 hormones regulate testicular function & sperm production. Spermatagonial stem cells undergo mitotic cell division to produce a haploid cell (primary spermatocyte) that is nourished by the sertoli cells of the seminiferous tubules. Stages: spermatogonia: primary spermatocyte, second spermatocyte, spermatid to mature sperm. Head in mature sperm is the place where the haploid.

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