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Question
A single highly coiled tube where sperms are stored gets concentrated, and mature is known as ______
Options
Epididymis
Vas efferentia
Vas deferens
Seminiferous tubule
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Solution
Epididymis
(The epididymis is a single, highly coiled tube about 6 meters long which stores
sperms for some days during which they mature and become motile.)
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