(sert'ŏ-lē )

(ser-tō'lē )

[Enrico Sertoli, Italian histologist, 1842–1910]

One of the supporting elongated cells of the seminiferous tubules of the testes to which spermatids attach to be nourished until they become mature spermatozoa. Sertoli cells produce the hormone inhibin.

SEE: inhibin.