Editing Rete testis (section)

==Structure==
[[File:Rete testis high mag.jpg|thumb|left|[[Micrograph]] of the '''rete testis'''. [[H&E stain]].]]
The rete testis is the network of interconnecting tubules where the [[Tubuli seminiferi recti|straight seminiferous tubules]] (the terminal part of the [[seminiferous tubules]]) empty. It is located within a highly vascular [[connective tissue]] in the [[mediastinum testis]].<ref name="ross">{{cite book|title=Histology: A Text and Atlas|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|last1=Ross|first1=M.|last2=Pawlina|first2=W.|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7817-7200-6|page=802|edition=6th}}</ref> The [[epithelium|epithelial cells]] form a single layer that lines the inner surface of the tubules. These cells are [[Simple cuboidal epithelium|cuboidal]], with [[microvillus|microvilli]] and a single [[cilium]] on their surface.<ref name="wheater">{{cite book|title=Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas|publisher=Elsevier|last1=Young|first1=B.|last2=Woodford|first2=P.|last3=O'Dowd|first3=G.|year=2013|isbn=978-0702047473|page=344|edition=6th}}</ref>

===Development===
In the [[development of the urinary and reproductive organs]], the [[testis]] is developed in much the same way as the [[ovary]], originating from [[mesothelium]] as well as [[mesonephros]]. Like the ovary, in its earliest stages it consists of a central mass covered by a surface epithelium. In the central mass, a series of cords appear. These cords run together toward the future [[hilum (anatomy)|hilum]] and form a network that ultimately becomes the rete testis.