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Definition of Spermatogonia
1. spermatogonium [n] - See also: spermatogonium
Medical Definition of Spermatogonia
1. The primitive differentiated male gametes which give rise to spermatocytes. (12 Dec 1998)
Literary usage of Spermatogonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"(1) Lining the basement membrane and forming the outer zone is a layer of cubical
cells, with small nuclei; some of these enlarge to become spermatogonia. ..."
2. The Spermatogenesis of Amphiuma by James Howard McGregor (1899)
"THE spermatogonia. Since the names "large" and "small" spermatogonia, as employed
at present, indicate nothing in regard to their genetic relationships, ..."
3. Spermatogenesis of Normal and of Hybrid Pigeons: A Dissertation, Submitted by Michael Frederic Guyer (1900)
"Next the walls are the spermatogonia or parent cells (Fig. 1, sg.), which by
growth and division give rise to the various generations of germ cells lying ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1902)
"the vas deferens, the spermatogonia again fill the apical region, and the cycle
is repeated. The invasion of the follicle cells begins, as a rule, ..."
5. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1901)
"110-124, 15 fig. im text. of producing spermatogonia. The evidence for this is
based not only on the nuclear figures clearly ..."
6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"represent groups of spermatogonia in full grown testes. ... At this period the
spermatogonia are usually found in small groups near the periphery. Figs. ..."
7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"As in the case of the ovaries, the testes should be studied in summer after
laying-time, in order to follow the development of the spermatogonia, ..."
8. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"The spermatogonia move away from the apical cell, and each becomes ... Within the
cysts thus formed, the spermatogonia multiply, and the cysts in the upper ..."
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