terminal epithelial cell of testis [FBbt_00057014]
Epithelial cell of the terminal epithelium of the testis. These cells engulf the head cyst cell of a spermatid cyst during coiling, so anchoring the head of the coiling spermatid. These cells also phagocytose the waste bags and cyst cells left over at the end of spermatogenesis.
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