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Write the location and function of the sertoli cells in humans.

Sertoli cells are a type of somatic cell around which spermatids develop in the the testis.

It is located in the lining of the seminiferous tubules of the testicular lobules.


The function of the Sertoli cells is to provide nutrition to the germ cells.


The picture below shows the Sertoli cells:



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