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Revision as of 16:02, 19 August 2013 by Peter Anderson (talk | contribs) (This is a higher-power photomicrograph indicating loss of testicular parenchymal tissue. There are very few recognizable spermatic cells in this tissue. The cluster of cells in the upper right is a focus of interstitial or Leydig cells (arrow). These c...)
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This is a higher-power photomicrograph indicating loss of testicular parenchymal tissue. There are very few recognizable spermatic cells in this tissue. The cluster of cells in the upper right is a focus of interstitial or Leydig cells (arrow). These cells are not affected by the hormone-induced atrophy process.

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current16:04, 19 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 16:04, 19 August 2013683 × 450 (60 KB)Peter Anderson (talk | contribs)A seminiferous tubule is shown on the left containing remnants of spermatocytes (1). There are no mature sperm present. On the right-hand portion of the slide are remnants of other spermatic tubules which have completely atrophied and lost all of their...
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