gamete-nursing cell somatic nurse-like cell 2022-06-08T15:38:03Z We follow what seems to be a common usage in the literature, which is to reserve the term “nurse cell” proper to cells from the germ line, hence the label “nurse-like”. This term encompasses pyriform cells described in reptiles, bird, and amphibians (del Pino, 2021); it does not encompass mammalian Sertoli cells, which do not appear to transfer cytoplasmic material to spermatogonia (França et al., 2016). cell A gamete-nursing cell that derives from the somatic tissues of the gonad (del Pino, 2021).