Give the biological/technical term for the following:
The cells giving nourishment to maturing sperms.

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Solution

Sertoli cells:
Testes, the primary sex organs of the male reproductive system contain numerous thin tubules called seminiferous tubules.
Seminiferous tubules have germinal epithelium that produces spermatozoa.
Large cells occur here and there in the germinal epithelium. These cells are called ‘Sertoli (nurse) cells’.
The cells giving nourishment to maturing sperms are the Sertoli cells.

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