spermatocyte

spermatocyte /sper·ma·to·cyte/ (sper-mat´o-sīt) a cell developed from a spermatogonium in spermatogenesis.spermatocy´talspermatocyt´ic

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primary spermatocyte  a diploid cell that has derived from a spermatogonium and can subsequently begin meiosis and divide into two haploid secondary spermatocytes.

secondary spermatocyte  one of the two haploid cells into which a primary spermatocyte divides, and which in turn gives origin to spermatids.

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sper·mat·o·cyte (spr-mt-st, spûrm-t-)

n.

A diploid cell that undergoes meiosis to form four spermatids.

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sper·mato·cytal (-stl) adj.

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spermatocyte

[spur′mətōsīt′]

Etymology: Gk, sperma + kytos, cell

a male germ cell that arises from a spermatogonium. Each spermatocyte gives rise to two haploid secondary spermatocytes that become spermatids.

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spermatocyte [sper-mat´o-sīt]

the mother cell of a spermatid.

primary spermatocyte the original large diploid cell into which a spermatogonium develops; it can later undergo the first meiotic division into the secondary spermatocyte.

secondary spermatocyte a haploid cell produced by meiotic division of the primary spermatocyte; it can then develop into the spermatid.

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spermatocyte

the mother cell of a spermatid.

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primary spermatocyte

daughter cell of a spermatogonium (an incongruous nomenclature in such an intensely masculine context). It undergoes the first meiotic division.

secondary spermatocyte

a cell produced by meiotic division of the primary spermatocyte, and which gives rise to the spermatid.