seminiferous
Americanadjective
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Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
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Botany. bearing or producing seed.
adjective
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containing, conveying, or producing semen
the seminiferous tubules of the testes
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(of plants) bearing or producing seeds
Etymology
Origin of seminiferous
1685–95; < Latin sēmin- (stem of sēmen ) seed, semen + -i- + -ferous
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A complex network of small tubes—the seminiferous tubules—travel throughout the testicles, allowing the sperm to reach their next destination: the epididymis.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2018
Spermatogenesis, the production of sperm, occurs within the seminiferous tubules that make up most of the testis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Upon release from the seminiferous tubules, sperm are moved to the epididymis where they continue to mature.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A new cycle starts approximately every 16 days, although this timing is not synchronous across the seminiferous tubules.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Sperm expelled from the epididymides in autumn matings are seemingly replaced by others from the seminiferous tubules; the epididymides become much smaller when their supply of sperm is nearly exhausted after spring mating.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
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