Bulb of penis

Bulb of penis

The constituent cavernous cylinders of the penis. (Bulb labeled at bottom center.)

Vertical section of bladder, penis, and urethra. (Bulb visible at bottom center.)
Details
Artery artery of bulb of penis
Vein vein of bulb of penis
Lymph superficial inguinal lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latin bulbus penis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
b_26/12200291
TA A09.4.01.016
FMA 19614

Anatomical terminology

Just before each crus of the penis meets its fellow it presents a slight enlargement, which Georg Ludwig Kobelt named the bulb of the corpus spongiosum penis.

It is homologous to the vestibular bulbs in females.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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