sustentacular
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sustentacular
1885–90; < New Latin sustentācul ( um ) a support ( Latin sustentā ( re ), frequentative of sustinēre to sustain + -culum -cule 2 ) + -ar 1
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In males, secretions from sustentacular cells trigger a degradation of the female duct, called the Müllerian duct.
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Secretions of sustentacular cells trigger a degradation of the female tract, the Müllerian duct.
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These include supporting cells called sustentacular cells, as well as five types of developing sperm cells called germ cells.
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Without such sustentacular cell secretion, the Müllerian duct will develop; without testosterone, the Wolffian duct will degrade.
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Increase in size following emergence from hibernation may be due in part to proliferation of the sustentacular cytoplasm.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
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