Lipid droplets and pleomorphic mitochondria containing tubular cristae are found in:

a. Leydig cells
b. Sertoli cells
c. Spermatocytes
d. Spermatogonia
e. Spermatozoa


ANS: A
These ultrastructural features of Leydig cells are related to storage of cholesterol and transfor-mation of cholesterol into testosterone.

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