KROK 1 2007 – Question 175 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
During pubescence the cells of male sexual glands begin to produce male sex hormone testosterone that calls forth secondary sexual characters. What cells of male sexual glands produce this hormone?
- A. Supporting cells
- B. Spermatozoa
- C. Sertoli’s cells
- D. Leidig cells
- E. Sustentocytes
Hint
Think about which testicular cells respond to luteinising hormone, and whether they lie inside the wall of the seminiferous tubules or in the tissue between them.
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